Journalist Linda Tirado is dying after being shot by cops while covering the George Floyd protests. Her work told the story of poverty from the inside out.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
The Governor of Texas Nods to White Supremacist Violence
Greg Abbott’s pardon is an attack on multiracial democracy.
Posted inPolitics
Can We All Get Along?
A Q&A with Eman Abdelhadi, a Palestinian University of Chicago professor, about encampments, dialogue, and mutual respect
Posted inEducation in America
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bay Area students organize effectively, but haven’t heard back from university administrators.
Posted inPolitics
The New Anti-Antisemitism
The response to college protests against the war on Gaza exemplifies the darkness of the Trumpocene.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Can Biden Save the Jews From Netanyahu?
Paradoxically, his speech today at the Holocaust Museum on antisemitism is the moment to do so.
Posted inEducation in America
Big-Money Divestments Are So Important to College Protesters
D.C. student protesters are demanding university transparency and divestment from big corporations that do business with the Israeli military.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Protecting and Serving
Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World
Posted inEducation in America
The Kids Are All Right, but the Police Are Hovering
Virginia Commonwealth University’s recent student protest and university and police reaction is a prime example of the conflict between protecting free speech and ensuring public safety.