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Women worldwide speak as one

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Filling in for services under attack

The Oscar-winning documentary provoked reactions along the fault lines of the ongoing conflict.

Citizens in half the states have the power to place initiatives or referendums on the ballot. That process is under threat, but in an era of partisan gerrymandering and unresponsive legislatures we must keep it viable.