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Arizona's Blue Horizons

Nathalie Baptiste The American Prospect
With increasing Latino activism, once-Republican Arizona is becoming contested terrain, though registration still lags. Will this be the year?

How Racial Bias Affects The Quality Of Black Students’ Education

Casey Quinlan ThinkProgress
Although it has been more than 60 years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision establishing that separate schools for white students and black students are not equal, schools in the U.S. remain very economically and racially segregated.

Remembering a Dutch Partisan

Pepijn Brandon Jacobin
Truus Menger-Oversteegen was part of a generation that sacrificed everything to fight Nazism and build a better world.

A Debate Over the Physics of Time

Dan Falk Quanta Magazine
According to our best theories of physics, the universe is a fixed block where time only appears to pass. Yet a number of physicists hope to replace this “block universe” with a physical theory of time.

Striking a Blow Against Debtors' Prisons

Sue Sturgis Facing South
In the case that sparked the Montgomery lawsuit, days an out-of-work grandmother was ordered to serve in jail because she was unable to pay old tickets and the fees charged by a private probation company hired by the city to collect fines: 31

Tim Kaine Has a Troubling Record on Labor Issues

John Nichols The Nation
“Kaine did meet with union leaders in Madison. But he supported Virginia’s right-to-work laws during his gubernatorial campaign and his four years in office. Even the group that seeks to expand these laws [the National Right to Work Foundation] concedes Kaine did few things that troubled them.”

No NBA All-Stars in NC

Chris Kromm Facing South
NBA's decision to pull All-Star game could have big political fallout in North Carolina