The Education Department’s reclassification of ‘professional degrees’ is the latest installment in a long history of excluding Black people, women, and working-class people. Read the full story by Terrance Sullivan on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/the-e... #departmentofeducation

I wrote this piece for this month’s print edition of @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. It’s a reflection on where America is in this moment, and the radical changes in our thinking and advocacy that I think are necessary to take back power from MAGA once and for all. progressive.org/magazine/aft...

Another piece for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. I explored how teenage mass shooters are now radicalizing online through interacting with one another and admiring the extensive online archive of previous mass shooters. As a parent, this one still haunts me. progressive.org/magazine/no-...

As the United States has slid into fascism, authoritarian regimes around the world have taken notice. Read the full story by @wajali.bsky.social on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/fas... #Trump #Fascism #authoritarianism

Educators and disability advocates say two proposals from the Trump Administration could weaken oversight of disparities in special education. Read the full story by Brianna Nargiso Newton on The Progressive. progressive.org/public-schoo... #disabilityrights #publiceducation

Despite being pushed underground by the Iranian government, dissident filmmakers like Jafar Panahi are using art to resist oppression. Read the full story by Matt Minton on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/how-i... #Iran #JafarPanahi #censorship

One year from the midterm elections, what’s next for a nation of states no longer united? Read the full story by @melissaryan.bsky.social on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/aft... #midtermelections #politics

Farmers Should Unite to Fight Unfair Trade Policies Read the Op-Ed by Anthony Pahnke on The Progressive. progressive.org/op-eds/farme... #Farming #TradePolicies #UnitedStates #OpEd

Feeling grateful. Honored that Sanctuary School was selected as a favorite book. This work belongs to the students, educators, and immigrant communities who continually show us the possibilities of public education. Thank you. #sanctuaryschool @harvard-ed-press.bsky.social

Film Review: A road trip for the ninety-nine percent documents an archipelago of encampments against fiscal fiascoes in ‘Occupy Wall Street: An American Dream.’ Read the full review from Ed Rampell on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/revis... #filmreview #OccupyWallStreet #protest

My article in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social is now online. It's much more personal than my usual work, an acknowledgement of how much we've lost and what I see as the only path forward. Is next year America's 250th anniversary or year one? That's up to us. progressive.org/magazine/aft...

Our writers share their picks for this year’s best books. Read more about our picks on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/the... #TheProgressive #books

If housing is a right, locking up people for having no place to live is just plain wrong. Read the full story by @eleanorjbader1.bsky.social on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/crack... #homeless #homelessness #unhoused #humanrights

How much longer will people be taken in by the propaganda emanating from a party that controls every branch of the federal government, yet insists it is powerless to stop the destruction it has unleashed? #ICE #Immigration #Farmers progressive.org/magazine/liv...

I got to speak at length with The Progressive about messaging, activism and Broadview, and they organized my thoughts so beautifully it’s one of my New Favorite Pieces. Check it out:

"My takeaway is always that this is a citywide, nationwide, twenty-four-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week need for protests. This is a nearly infinitely wide highway, and we need every single lane to be occupied." Our Interview with Rachel Cohen [email protected] progressive.org/magazine/lan...

States Should Reject Federal School Voucher Scheme progressive.org/op-e... @bob-kim.bsky.social @edlawcenter.bsky.social @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

An ICE processing center in Illinois has become a stage for a new kind of border enforcement. Read the full story by photojournalist Wali Khan on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/bro... #broadview #ICE #immigration #protest #Illinois

The company’s new Instagram School Partnership Program seems designed to make money. It’s not clear that it benefits schools. #schools #bigtech #education #AI progressive.org/public-schoo...

Good commentary by @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social and @jimalwine.bsky.social : "The destruction of the world’s leading #publichealth organization endangers us all." RFK Jr.’s Deepening Threat to Public Health progressive.org/latest/rfk-j... via @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

We are honored to receive a generous grant from @captimes.com Evjue Foundation. Many of our member nonprofits were also awarded, including @acluofwi.bsky.social, @gsafewi.bsky.social, @lwvwi.bsky.social, @theprogressivemag.bsky.social, and more! Congratulations to all! 👏 captimes.com/news/cap-tim...

This piece that I wrote about Chicago ICE watch in October, before Greg Bovino and his goons flew south for the winter, is now available to read online!

I didn’t recognize my own agency to help keep my neighbors safe and protected from ICE. Operation Midway Blitz changed that. Read the full story by our associate editor @rachelmonkfish.bsky.social on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/the... #ICE #ICEraids #immigration #Chicago #protest

An ICE processing center in Illinois has become a stage for a new kind of border enforcement. Read the full story by photojournalist Wali Khan on The Progressive. progressive.org/magazine/bro... #broadview #ICE #immigration #protest #Illinois

The destruction of the world’s leading public health organization endangers us all. Congress has the power to stop it—if necessary, by impeaching and removing the most dangerous HHS secretary in U.S. history. #RFKjr #PublicHealth #CDC progressive.org/latest/rfk-j...

Look what came in the mail! This issue of @theprogressivemag.bsky.social is available at newsstands and local bookstores near you.

While the world’s eyes remain on the horrific scenes in Gaza, the Israeli government is more quietly paving the way for a ‘Gazafication’ of the West Bank. #westbank #gaza #genocide progressive.org/latest/go-te...

The Broadway film adaptation’s political allegory may not always be ‘for good,’ but it does hit close to home. Read the full story on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/in-wi... #Wicked #authoritarianism #politics

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the city is still taking shape as a home of climate migrants. progressive.org/magazine/a-n...

The Trump Administration’s recent bombings off the coast of Venezuela signal a return to Cold War-era military aggression. Read the full story on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/trump... #Venezuela #Trump

The Broadway film adaptation’s political allegory may not always be ‘for good,’ but it does hit close to home. Read the full story on The Progressive. progressive.org/latest/in-wi... #Wicked #authoritarianism #politics

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, the city is still taking shape as a home of climate migrants. progressive.org/magazine/a-n...

Although the community school approach has shown promise, Republicans at the national level want to cut federal support for it. Read the full story on The Progressive. progressive.org/public-schoo... #education #publiceducation #communityschools

A journalist reflects on fleeing Gaza City with his family—and returning to rubble after the announcement of a so-called ceasefire. #middleast #gaza progressive.org/magazine/emp...

A journalist reflects on fleeing Gaza City with his family—and returning to rubble after the announcement of a so-called ceasefire. #middleast #gaza progressive.org/magazine/emp...

Although the community school approach has shown promise, Republicans at the national level want to cut federal support for it. Read the full story on The Progressive. progressive.org/public-schoo... #education #publiceducation #communityschools

Building an entirely new carceral system for people experiencing homelessness, including the recently announced facility in Utah, will create harm instead of care. progressive.org/op-eds/encam...

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A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools - But media pundits and reporters ignore it, and Republicans are trying to kill it. progressive.org/publ... @jeffbinnc.bsky.social in @theprogressivemag.bsky.social

This month, I wrote up my personal political manifesto for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social. A piece that had been rattling around in my head and heart all year. Pick it up on newsstands now, or it will be online soon. It's previewed in this note from the Editor. progressive.org/magazine/no-...

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The December/January issue of The Progressive magazine is out now! Support independent journalism and grab your copy today for $7.50. Purchase Your Copy At: www.indiepublishers.shop/the-progress... #independentjournalism #TheProgressive

The current movement against the fascist regime in the United States can learn from Black resistance, including the famed bus boycott during the Civil Rights Movement. #racism #resistance #blackhistory progressive.org/magazine/les...

The December/January issue of The Progressive magazine is out now! Support independent journalism and grab your copy today for $7.50. Purchase Your Copy At: www.indiepublishers.shop/the-progress... #independentjournalism #TheProgressive

#GivingTuesday is here! The past year has shown how fast democratic norms can be undermined, and why independent journalism must hold the line. Help sustain truth-telling reporting today! progressive.org?form=PGIVTU25

In just one year, the renewed Trump administration has rolled back rights, weakened public transparency, and intensified pressure on journalists. Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday – If you believe in hard-hitting progressive journalism, please donate now! progressive.org?form=PGIVTU25

#GivingTuesday is here! The past year has shown how fast democratic norms can be undermined, and why independent journalism must hold the line. Help sustain truth-telling reporting today! progressive.org?form=PGIVTU25

In just one year, the renewed Trump administration has rolled back rights, weakened public transparency, and intensified pressure on journalists. Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday – If you believe in hard-hitting progressive journalism, please donate now! progressive.org?form=PGIVTU25

“Instead of centering a 'reactive approach' as Mailman says many faith communities, businesses, and nonprofits have done, he wanted to address the deeper systemic issues leading to poverty and its impacts.”

"Research shows that inequality, trauma, poverty, and discrimination are disabling and can result in conditions including high blood pressure, chronic pain, and mental health disabilities." #disability #healthcare #stigma #inequality