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Teacher Strike Fever Spreads

Dan DiMaggio and Jonah Furman Labor Notes
Teachers in Oklahoma, Arizona, and Kentucky are now striking, sicking out, rallying, and Facebooking to push officials to raise their salaries and defend their benefits.

America Takes the Next Step Toward Tyranny

Andrew Sullivan New York Magazine
An important viewpoint on the dangers of Trump's abuse of power, but it neglects the power of people being organized against Trump.

Thousands join March for Our Lives

Oliver Laughland and Lois Beckett The Guardian
March for Our Lives draws huge numbers of protesters. Trump spends weekend at Florida retreat of Mar-a-Lago

U.S. Union Membership Data in Perspective

Glenn Perusek New Labor Forum
Overall membership was up slightly, by 262,000. The increase included 166,000 in the private sector; 96,000 in the public sector.

Tufts Doesn’t Pay its Fair Share in Somerville

Jane Regan Wicked Local Somerville
What about in Somerville? According to a recent email I got from the City’s Assessing Department, “if the University was a taxable entity it would generate residential tax at $596,700 and commercial tax at $6,103,800.”

The Problem Isn’t Just Facebook; It’s “Surveillance Capitalism”

Jennifer Cobbe Open Democracy
Big Brother Monitoring Image
The latest Facebook personal data revelations provide a window into the future we have sleepwalked into, the era of Surveillance Capitalism. The sins of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica must spark demands for a much wider debate about the role of surveillance in our increasingly digital society.

Parkland Students: Our Manifesto

Editorial staff of the Eagle Eye The Guardian
Three student editors of the Parkland Eagle Eye
After the massacre at our high school, our lives have changed forever – so we’re proposing these changes to halt mass shootings