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A reign of terror from coast to coast

Naturally, Gov. DeSantis of Florida wants to demolish New College, the most progressive public college in the state, at least as it currently exists.

Both helmed by conservative governors, the two states represent radically different futures for the country.

New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week.

Reader Comments: Lessons from the Midterms; Public Pensions; Rail Workers; Wakanda Forever; Book Sales; Vietnam Era Antiwar Movement: Successes, Failures, and Legacies; How We Win with Socialists in Office; Cartoons; More Resources and Announcements;

Post-midterms turning points as culture clashes get physical

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.

Reader Comments: Midterms - Right Rebuked, Struggles Continue; Learning from History; Biggest Academic Strike in US History; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; more....

Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance. For the Trumpers it was always about all about race.

If poor and low-income Black, white, and Hispanic Texans turn out and stand together, they could change the outcome of Texas's gubernatorial race. They could shift the terrain — in Texas and every state that's playing politics with people's lives.