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Over 10,000 CTU members have pledged their opposition to the reopening plan put forward by the mayor and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), citing serious concerns over safety and transparency.

Epidemics have been part of colonialism since settlers arrived. And, in the case of Indigenous nations, the story of inequity is imbued with dispossession of lands and is met with organizing from the inside.

Race and class after Trump, and more reports on the shifting consensus

Let “natural herd immunity” as a pandemic relief strategy be extinguished with the end of 2020.

I sincerely plead with my colleagues, to surrender the artificial constructs that measure achievement and greet the children where they are, not where we think they “should be.”

“If you want people to do the right thing you have to make it easy, and we’ve made it hard.”

Reports from the world of tech and mass media, closing out the year from hell

Waterloo was the site of a historic battle for labor rights and racial justice. But as the meatpacking industry changed, the workforce lost its power and was primed for an outbreak. This is how we got here.

And what it lost in the process