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The Week in Review

August 17, 2023

Arkansas Schools Will Teach AP African American Studies, Defying GOP Law

Educators will teach the course despite the fact that the law also weakens rules protecting them against unjust dismissals.

August 17, 2023

Amid Maui Fire Devastation, Big Oil Tries to Kill Hawaii Climate Lawsuit

"The people of Honolulu and Maui deserve their day to put Big Oil on trial," said the Center for Climate Integrity.

August 17, 2023

'Just Feed Our Children': Minnesota Gov. Offers Unequivocal Defense of Universal Free School Meals

"The haves and the have-nots in the school lunchroom is not a necessary thing," said Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

August 15, 2023

'Long-Delayed Justice': Judge Rejects Right-Wing Effort to Block Student Debt Relief for 800,000+

"The Biden administration needs to actually discharge this debt immediately before more lawsuits or judicial bullsh*t happens," said the Debt Collective.

August 14, 2023

'This Is Huge': Judge Sides With Montana Youths in Historic Climate Ruling

"As fires rage in the West, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today's ruling in Montana is a game-changer that marks a turning point in this generation's efforts to save the planet," said one attorney representing 16 young plaintiffs.

August 14, 2023

'This Is Witness Tampering': Trump Tells Former Georgia Official Not to Testify

"This is blatantly unlawful stuff."

August 14, 2023

'What Authoritarianism Looks Like': Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Liberal Justice

"Republicans are threatening to use their gerrymandered supermajority to remove the newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who could strike down their gerrymanders."

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Opinion

Beyond the Indictments, We Must Do More to Protect US Democracy From Trump

MAGA Republicans have joined forces with wealthy international elements dedicated to ending democracy all around the world.

Is Industrial Society on the Verge of Collapse?

The events of this summer suggest we are already all too close to the edge of the kind of systemic failure experienced so many centuries ago by the Mayans, the ancient Puebloans, and the Viking Greenlanders.

Michael T. Klare

Empire and Capital Set Maui Ablaze

The struggle now is the one that punctuates all moments of crisis: the forces of disaster capitalism versus the people attempting to build a paradise out of hell.

A Lack of Supply Isn’t Causing Our Housing Crisis

Millions of people simply do not make enough money to consistently afford market-rate housing.

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