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Florida’s unapologetically racist governor, Ron DeSantis, has effectively declared war on the Black freedom movement.

Poll participants are not interested in an agenda prioritizing political fights over things like book bans and limitations on how to teach about race and gender and instead support real solutions, like getting our kids and teachers what they need to recover and thrive

How the Supreme Court has weaponized the Fourteenth Amendment and Brown v. Board of Education against antiracism. [A decision on SFFA v. Harvard, which was heard in October 2022, is pending as of January 29, 2023].

Sanders’ well-chronicled antagonism toward lobbyists has some concerned they’ll be unable to blunt criticism of their clients’ profits or corporate executive salaries.

The pandemic exacerbated a preexisting and long-standing shortage of teachers. The shortage is, instead, the result of a lack of qualified teachers willing to work in what has long been a highly stressful job for compensation that is well below what is available to college-educated workers in other professions.

A federal judge in Florida partially blocked a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis designed to limit the discussion of racism and privilege in schools and workplace training.

Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are indoctrinating students with dangerous ideologies. But is the group’s aim protecting kids—or scaring parents?

Chan Davis, died last month at 96, faced down McCarthyite blacklists and imprisonment to pursue a brilliant academic career. Davis knew how to change and learn from political experience, but he always remained loyal to his socialist principles.

Throughout the United States, racial separation remains a common feature of collective life. The consequences are significant for left political organizing aimed at building a multiracial working-class majority.