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The 'Slave Power' Behind Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement

Garrett Epps The Atlantic
Even though ex-felons do not have a “right” to vote the arbitrariness and potential bias of the restoration process offend “two First Amendment rights; namely, free association and free expression.”

Examining "Ten Myths about Israel" by Ilan Pappe

Allan C. Brownfeld Mondoweiss
This review of the book “Ten Myths About Israel’ by Ilan Pappe will appear in the Winter 2018 ISSUES, the quarterly journal of the American Council for Judaism. The book is published by Verso.

Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces

Jeff Schuhrke In These Times
Union leaders hope that by organizing teachers and staff at charter schools, and giving them a voice to advocate for more resources through collective bargaining, the charter model will become less attractive to investors and public officials.

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Ewa Chrusciel Spoon River Poetry Review
Inspired by a photography exhibition, the poet Ewa Chrusciel adapts the testimony of refugees describing what they took with them into exile.