When Gifted Education Gets it Right
Some simple changes can enhance learning — if schools would just consider them Image: Pexels/Norma Mortenson In retrospect, my kids had it easy. They attended a reasonably challenging public school …
Attorneys Warn of Threats to Voting Rights on 60th Anniversary of VRA
Panel calls for urgent federal and state action to protect access to the ballot and defend against voter suppression. Washington, D.C. (July 30, 2025) — Leading civil and voting rights …
Anne Lamott and the Power of Hope
On the Fourth of July, a friend interrupted my doomscrolling to send me a copy of Anne Lamott’s Washington Post column “Does Trumpland chaos bode better times ahead? I say …
Hundreds of thousands march nationwide to demand Labor sanctions Israel, end arms trade
More than 200,000 people took the streets across the country on August 24 in a national day of action demanding Labor sanction Israel and stop the two-way arms trade. It …
SOLVE Calls to Protect Multiracial Democracy on VRA Anniversary
The following is a statement from the SOLVE Network, a coalition of 300 grassroots groups dedicated to voting access, on the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights …
Chris Smalls Speaks Out After His Journey to Gaza
Activism / August 15, 2025 In an interview, the union organizer talks about joining the Freedom Flotilla, confronting Israeli forces, and solidarity between Palestine and the US labor movement. Ad …
Palestinian environmentalist calls for solidarity against ecocide
Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, an environmental scientist from Bethlehem University, was a keynote speaker at an August 14 forum on the Palestine ecocide. It was hosted by Palestine Justice Movement Sydney. …
Innocent Man Heads to Court After 16 Years Behind Bars
GREENVILLE, N.C. (August 12, 2025) — James Richardson, an innocent North Carolina man wrongfully convicted for the murders of two people nearly two decades ago in Pitt County, will have …
The Bravery of Kilmar Ábrego García vs. the Barbarism of Donald Trump
Activism / August 25, 2025 The husband, father, and union worker from Maryland is risking indefinite incarceration in Uganda to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves. …
Evergreen Home Loans hiring to serve 29 additional states
After setting up shop in 11 new states, lender’s “strategic expansion into carefully identified markets nationwide” will include 18 additional states before next year’s spring homebuying season.