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For years the Israel on Campus Coalition—a little-known organization with links to Israeli intelligence—has used student informants to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups.

The more than 50-year history of this gathering is a testament to the endurance of the original message from Oakes and Indians of All Tribes -- part of a larger network of resistance movements being led by Native peoples, particularly young people.

Leading economists' misdiagnosis of inflation in 2021-22 was the latest episode in a long-running series of failures. Either mainstream economists need to re-examine their core beliefs, or the profession needs a new mainstream.

Some bonobos are challenging the notion that humans are the only primates capable of group-to-group alliances.

Locking people up in mental health facilities doesn’t automatically cure them. And considering mentally ill people are far more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators of violence, it does not adequately address the mass shooting crisis.

Nine Maryland Senators from the Montgomery County County Council have been threatening to cut funding to CASA because of a pro-Palestinian tweet (since withdrawn). Below is a statement from Maryland ACLU and two open letters suporting CASA.

This community-developed plan could serve as a model for how to simultaneously decarcerate and decarbonize.

How it works, who it applies to and more

Massachusetts’ coldest days not nearly so cold.

As with the best science fiction, Lem’s novel “The Invincible” has as much to teach us about our present situations as any futures we may face.