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Friday, February 28, 2025

NY’s Prison Guard Strike Has Roots in Decades of Racialized Deindustrialization

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By Jarrod Shanahan A strike wave has spread throughout New York State prisons. Since February 17, 14,000 guards in 40 of the state’s 42 faci...

Is Trump “making America affordable again”?

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 By Natalia Marques  Prices of staple groceries rise as people in US face egg shortage, contrary to Trump’s campaign promises to “make Ameri...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile

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 By Raina Lipsitz The  New York Times  editorial board ( 2/8/25 ) this month urged readers not to get “distracted,” “overwhelmed,” “paralyze...

New York Governor Orders CUNY Take Down Job Posting for Palestinian Studies

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 By Sharon Zhang New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has reportedly ordered a City University of New York (CUNY) college to remove a job posting for ...

Under Threat of Trump, A Blueprint for Resurgence of Local and Independent Journalism

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 By Eloise Goldsmith This may feel like a difficult time to call for bold policy change," wrote the advocacy group Free Press. "Ye...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Landry plans to reopen a Louisiana youth prison closed a decade ago

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  In just a matter of months, Gov. Jeff Landry plans to reopen a Baton Rouge-area youth prison  shuttered a little over a decade ago  with s...

Louisiana K-12 superintendent urges schools to embrace Trump DEI guidance

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 By Piper Hutchinson Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley is urging Louisiana K-12 schools to comply with guidance from Presid...

Fires of desperation at Red Onion are a call for dignity and justice

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 By Steven Mangual At Red Onion State Prison, one of two supermax prisons in Virginia, at  least 12 Black men last year set their own bodies...

US Education Department threatens yanking funds for schools that use race in decisions

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 By Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education is threatening to rescind federal funds for schools that use race-conscio...

Tennessee levied $44.78 million in penalties against private prison operator in three years

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 By Sam Stockard Tennessee’s Department of Correction is requesting a $6.8 million contract increase for its private prison operator despite...