Since about 2001, in many schools across the country, literacy instruction has become less systematic — and less effective, a local teacher writes. How she says DCPS and the DCPS Reading Clinic have charted a different path:

those ossoff numbers are something else, too.

I don't agree all "inclusive" language is useful, but when we back down on inclusive language only because we fear it'll be targeted and mischaracterized by the right, we risk leaving people vulnerable and the right will just find other inclusive language to mischaracterize and criticize anyway.

in a world of lauren bezoses, be a connie ballmer

“The rules are for us not for them”

Worldwide, girls and women are far more likely to be killed by their intimate partners or family members, than complete strangers.

ICYMI: In a major victory for student voters, a federal judge blocked Indiana’s ban on the use of student IDs for voter identification. “There is no evidence that student IDs have been used to engage in voter fraud or any other voting-related misconduct,” the court concluded.

A snowy egret wearing its yellow socks.❤️ #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky

I mean, of course that’s what happening. It’s been clear the whole time

Schumer DID NOT say the words in quotation marks in this clip from 8 years ago. The situation is difficult enough without making things up.

this is just a warmed over david duke speech from 1990

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

I will always be glad and grateful that Obama was president during a big chunk of my kids’ childhood. Had to ingrain in them that race is not dispositive in terms of who can govern.

This is both (1) some of the most important SCOTUS reporting ever, and (2) far too generous to the Republican justices in framing of many pieces and omissions of Trump-era developments

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They did no performance evaluation of the people they laid off. So they can’t make any claims about their performance. What we do know is: 1. The people fired had more experience than the people hired 2. The new hires come via a political process where they have to detail their support for Trump

Hegseth saying “The Pharisee Press” should be a fully mask off moment. He is saying “The Jewish Press”. But Christians of all political stripes are so devoted to using Pharisees as a rhetorical prop that liberal Christians regularly insist it’s totally fine, no matter how many Jews try to explain.

This is crazy. Just open-air larceny.

Is mandating an increase in the amount of corn and soy we burn in vehicles good for food security? No. Is it good for nature? No. But is it at least good for the climate? Also no. Read the latest from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social 👇🏻

NEW: We’ve identified the man who runs the far-right troll account on X “HowlingMutant,” whose jokes about rape and the Holocaust have earned him nearly 200,000 followers, which include Vice President JD Vance. His name is Alexander Norden, from Rockaway Park in New York City.

Thousands of Haitians have been living & working in America legally for years, after fleeing violence in Haiti. Stripping away their Temporary Protected Status would send them back into harm’s way.   The House has acted — now the Senate must follow suit. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

BREAKING: An ICE charter landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo minutes ago following third-country deportation deal with the Trump administration. gillianbrockell.com/breaking-ice...

i physically shiver when i think about the bill they're about to hit me with for the last 10 days. my oncologist has also asked for a minimum payment on the overdue bills before he is willing to schedule another appointment with me how is something so cruel so normal?

"A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess." A. Philip Randolph, born on this day in 1889

you know me so well 🥹 my rent IS overdue and i don't know where i'm going to get it. please contribute if you can 🙏🏽 literally anything helps (i only paid $130 towards rent to hold landlord off for a few days, i still owe $620 and $140 for utilities 😔) ko-fi.com/rebekamash/g...

Love this for Maryland

The replies to this post - which is about remembering Jews who were murdered by the Nazis, and says nothing at all about Palestine or Israel - are filling me with despair.

But what is it about Maxwell Frost, Malcolm Kenyatta and Lauren Underwood that makes them invisible to the white people pushing populism? Hmmm… What is it?🤔

Days after the president blasted the Pope as “weak on Crime,” his own DOJ moved to dismiss criminal cases against individuals convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Some of the conduct for which Rhodes was convicted: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/oath...

“They’ve put career employees on notice: if they do their jobs, they face potential termination if future political leadership disagrees with the policy goals of prior leadership.”

i'm going to be beating my "get off substack" drum again. because seriously: get off substack. stop helping literal sex traffickers make money.

Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright." This Brexiteer lived in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.

This week is Black Maternal Health Week — and Black women are still being ignored, dismissed, and disrespected, especially during pregnancy and childbirth. Over 80% of these deaths didn’t have to happen. This is your reminder to listen to Black women.

Tonight marks the beginning of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.  On this day, we honor the memories of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and recommit to never again.  May the memories of those lost during the Holocaust be a blessing.

Finally read (most of) this. As awful as I knew it would be. 💔

one of many reasons i will never accept abandoning my trans siblings or the broader queer community for the purposes of "a bigger tent"

Out of 23,000 undergrads, only 19 students signed up for the lavishly funded conservative academic center forced onto University of Iowa by Republican politicians. Turning Points has an $85 million budget and there is no equivalent on the center-left/left. And yet, students still aren't buying it.

Everyone please welcome CBS News Immigration Analyst Viktor Orban.

50 former staffers!

ICE has targeted & detained a CT high school student, who entered legally & has no criminal record. His father, Zia, was an interpreter for U.S. troops in Afghanistan. This is a clear display of ICE's outrageous, misguided priorities & why I’m fighting for total reform.

Obliterated in June

This week, I'm meeting with Maine US Senate candidate @andrealaflamme.bsky.social. Last week, I met up again with Graham Platner and will be attending one of his events next week. Then, I'll be writing my final thoughts and observations on him. I'm planning to write about Andrea as well.

Sex traffickers & rapists Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are in attendance for #UFC327 in Miami @erichterrr

Blue states haven’t passed a single antitrans law. Red states are a couple steps short of rounding us up. The single most effective thing you can do for trans rights is elect democrats. Anyone who tries to tell you otherwise does not have trans people’s interests at heart.

Autocrats using voter suppression to stay in power because they won’t win in fair elections. Noted.

Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.

Oh, yeah, that was the Obama Iran deal.

You know what Xavier Becerra needs? Some OG #KHive juice! Maybe that's part of the reason I'm so excited. He's a great candidate, so people are immediately trying to take him down. We're gonna get the band back together, at least those of us in California.

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