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Students at the University of the Philippines protest Duterte

In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship

Duterte will take control of Congress, but his quest for more power must be stopped.

Jun 10, 2019 / Noah Flora

Faces of Virginia Beach

Faces of Virginia Beach Faces of Virginia Beach

The Virginia Beach shooter who killed 12 people on May 31 went room to room in the city's municipal building using a silencer that one survivor said made the semiautomatic firearm ...

Jun 10, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Richard Descoings

Can France Diversify Its Elite With Affirmative Action? Can France Diversify Its Elite With Affirmative Action?

How to achieve educational diversity when race and ethnicity are off the table.

Jun 10, 2019 / Valentine Faure

Diamonte Brown

The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore The Radical Teachers’ Movement Comes to Baltimore

Social-justice teacher caucuses have emerged in cities like Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Seattle, and St. Paul, and now they’re banding together to help those in Baltimore.

Jun 7, 2019 / Rachel M. Cohen

Mette Frederiksen

The European Left’s Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Turn The European Left’s Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Turn

In Denmark, the center left returned to power only by lurching to the right on immigration.

Jun 7, 2019 / Karina Piser

In Drugs We Trust

In Drugs We Trust In Drugs We Trust

The darkness of addiction.

Jun 7, 2019 / OppArt / Nicky Enright

Satya Rhodes-Conway

Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone Madison Is a Lefty Town—Just Not for Everyone

The newly elected mayor of Madison, Satya Rhodes-Conway, wants to advance racial equity in the most segregated state in America.

Jun 7, 2019 / Raina Lipsitz

Mission Accomplished

The War Crimes Trump Can’t Pardon The War Crimes Trump Can’t Pardon

The president is considering pardons for military members accused of war crimes, but the officials responsible for our disastrous wars already have free passes.

Jun 7, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Bernie Sanders & Kristin Gillibrand Medicare for All

Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message Medicare for All Needs a Change of Message

Single payer is essential, but most voters still don’t get that.

Jun 6, 2019 / Colin McAuliffe

Refugee child in Hungary

Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis

The alternative is the death of millions and a world fractured by nationalism.

Jun 6, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

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