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The White House has been abundantly clear: the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was pursued on behalf of Jews. It's part of a wider strategy to obfuscate MAGA antisemitism and an increasingly fascist regime.

Trump’s effort to end US foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater. During the Cold War, the US waged a war of ideas with the Soviet Union to capture the hearts and minds of the world. Foreign aid also boosted US businesses.

Blue Bottle Coffee workers in Massachusetts scored a major victory when they unionized the Nestle-owned coffee chain in 2024. Now they’re fighting for their first contract, and building international solidarity with unions along the supply chain.

Reader Comments: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since Red Scare; Assault on Social Security; DHS Ends TSA Officers' Contract; Teachers And Schools Struggle To Help Children; Call Script: Demand the Release of Mahmoud Khalil;

"Trump and Elon Musk have aimed their wrecking ball at public schools and the futures of the 50 million students."

In one, lawmakers are taxing the rich. In the other, they're rushing the rich a free pass at tax time.

The message from Wisconsin to other states considering so-called voucher or private school “choice” programs: Beware. Well-funded right-wing forces have their eyes on dismantling our public schools.

Individual Democrats have made strong statements against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. The bulk of the party and its leadership has offered silence or mealymouthed equivocation.

In this book, writes reviewer Christiaens, author Bruno Leipold expertly surveys the writings of Karl Marx and tracks his intellectual journey which vacillated between and combined republicanism and socialism.

The Office for Civil Rights’ locations in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco are being shuttered, ProPublica has learned. Offices will remain in Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Seattle and Washington, D.C.