Politics
Uvalde school shooting prompts Congress to OK some limited gun controls
June 24, 2022It took a massacre in Uvalde, Texas, to force the recalcitrant U.S. Senate to listen to U.S. parents and teachers and not the nation’s gun fanatics.
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Right-wing Supreme Court overturns N.Y. handgun law, opening door for more carnage
June 24, 2022The landmark ruling overturns a hundred years of states passing laws regulating firearms to protect the public.
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PRIDE 2022: A season of celebration, a season of struggle
June 24, 2022The LGBTQ community has never known a moment when it wasn’t struggling, and the current period is no different.
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New York’s first primary: High stakes, big money, and left unity
June 23, 2022As usual, big money has been shaping New York’s June 28 primaries, especially the governor’s race.
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Public school privatization privileges profits over learning
June 23, 2022Structurally segregated by race and driven by economic inequalities, the U.S. education system is designed to limit the technical and cultural development of the working class.
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