Dispatches From the Culture Wars — February 24, 2025
Portside
Solidarity melts ICE
Solidarity melts ICE
Solidarity melts ICE
Dispatches From the Culture Wars — December 30, 2025
Portside
“The day of peace is dawning” — Eugene V. Debs
From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’
The New York Times
Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back. She went to court against her attackers, and then wrote a book. And, she still a librarian.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – November 21, 2023
Portside
The Squad in AIPAC's gun sights
School Board Elections Could Make (or Break) Our Democracy
The Progressive
Attacks on school boards are part of a strategic, deliberate, and well-funded effort to erode public schools and advance a broader political agenda.
Angry Parents Protest Religious Right in a Southern California School District
Politico
Novice school board members get a hard lesson in politics in a region that could determine control of the House.
Why GOP Culture Warriors Lost Big in School Board Races This Month
Politico
“Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – December 20, 2022
Portside
Beating back the right, fight by fight
DeSantis-Backed School Boards Begin Ousting Florida Educators
Politico
New board members in two GOP-leaning counties essentially sacked their school superintendents over the span of one week.
The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars
The New Yorker
Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are indoctrinating students with dangerous ideologies. But is the group’s aim protecting kids—or scaring parents?
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