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Who Wants To Teach in Florida?

Luca GoldMansour The American Prospect
Gov. Ron DeSantis’s culture warmongering has helped produce the highest teacher vacancy rates in the country.

The Colonial Roots of Peru’s Troubles

Saraha A. Kennedy Sapiens
An archaeologist traces the current protests in Peru to exploitive labor policies enacted in silver mines during Spanish colonial rule from 1532 to 1800.

How the Early Battle Over Race Science Was Lost

Vivek V. Venkataraman Sapiens
Celebrated 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel pushed race science as his little-known protégé Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay defended Indigenous rights. A biological anthropologist reflects on the impacts of their ruptured relationship.
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