Twenty-two million public school students, almost half of all children going to public schools, now live in states that have enacted restrictions on anti-racist teaching.
For years, rural Republican state legislators have bucked the party’s support for funneling public funds into private schools through education vouchers. Now Republican leaders are ramping up pressure on these holdouts.
Was listening to the Deprogram the other day, and they touched on how the militarism of America allows the government to mistreat it’s own citizens. Something akin to “as long as we’re at war, you have no right to complain at home,” or something along those lines. I’m fascinated by the psychology of war economies.
“These morally bankrupt Presidents of @Harvard, @uofpenn and @mit testify before congress. Incapable of answering even the most direct ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions,” Schwimmer wrote in a post he made on his Instagram account. “Watch them duck and smirk at the unbridled anti-Semitism and calls for genocide on their campuses.”
Apparently, I am now Hamas for making this comment. And my wife complained that I haven’t done anything today.
Woman found living in Michigan grocery store sign, complete with computer and Keurig, for months (www.nbcnews.com)
Article may cause a stir, so to avoid a flame war here is the last line in the article....
Behind the ‘butter board’: How the dairy industry took over your feed (grist.org)
A vast constellation of celebrities, from Kelly Ripa to the McDonald’s mascot Grimace, have helped push dairy sales.
Gaza and the Growing Attack on Social Justice Teaching (rethinkingschools.org)
Twenty-two million public school students, almost half of all children going to public schools, now live in states that have enacted restrictions on anti-racist teaching.
Republicans Double Down on School Vouchers by Taking Fight to Rural Members of Their Own Party (dailyyonder.com)
For years, rural Republican state legislators have bucked the party’s support for funneling public funds into private schools through education vouchers. Now Republican leaders are ramping up pressure on these holdouts.
If I wanted to, hypothetically, guarentee that I shit my pants 2 to 6 hours from now, how should I do it?
Free Download of Shawn Fain's 'Other Bible,' A Troublemaker's Handbook (www.labornotes.org)
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How Investor-Owned Utilities Turn (Your) Money into Political Power (ilsr.org)
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Fediverse Model Offers Social Media a Second Chance (geo.coop)
Geo.coop
The Darfur Genocide Demands International Action and Accountability (www.justsecurity.org)
Justsecurity.org
More Than a Million Adults Have Legal Guardians. Seven States Won’t Let Them Vote. (www.motherjones.com)
The conservatorship system that trapped Britney Spears also disenfranchises people with disabilities.
From Toxic Mold to Rampant Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Soldiers (www.pogo.org)
The Pentagon wanted to offload rising maintenance costs. America’s service members have paid the price ever since.
Former Ku Klux Klan leader’s adult child comes out as trans after rejecting white nationalism (www.thepinknews.com)
The adult child of a former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader has come out as transgender.
Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one' (www.advocate.com)
“We’re gonna end it on day one … the whole thing is crazy,” Trump said on a Philadelphia talk show.
The Vote Uncommitted campaign wants to pressure Biden to champion a ceasefire in Gaza (therealnews.com)
Widespread outrage at Biden’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza has turned the Democratic primary into a battleground for the party’s future.
Snack giant PepsiCo sourced palm oil from razed Indigenous land (www.thebureauinvestigates.com)
Peruvian palm oil linked to environmental and human rights violations ended up in the supply chain for the makers of Gatorade and Cheetos
What a clown (lemmy.world)
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid (apnews.com)
A Ukrainian sport plane drone just flew 800 miles (1300 km) into Russia to blow up an oil refinery (www.forbes.com)
It’s the deepest Ukrainian drone strike of the war, so far...