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Teaching Kids to Read: How One School District Gets It Right

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The schools in Steubenville, Ohio, are doing something unusual—in fact, it’s almost unheard of. In a country where nearly 40 percent of fourth graders struggle to read at even a basic level, Steubenville has succeeded in teaching virtually all of its students to read well.  According to data from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford […]

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“They Want Me to Hide or Leave or Disappear”

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Avery Rowland starts almost all of her days by posting a TikTok video beginning with “good morning” and, often, explaining the latest anti-transgender action from her state’s Republican supermajority.  “Today is a rough day here in Kansas,” Rowland, who grew up in the state and is now running for a state representative seat, began her […]

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Jesse Jackson Told Me Why He Really Ran for President

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Word of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson’s death last week transported me back to the summer of 1987, when I was the editor of Mother Jones, and met him in person for the first time at the start of his second campaign for the presidency. One of his generation’s greatest orators, he blended Bible verses […]

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Trump Media’s Stock Price Is Falling Even Faster Than His Poll Numbers

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Donald Trump’s media corporation told investors on Friday that it is considering spinning off his Truth Social platform into its own company—a move that comes after years of struggling to make money from the business. The president founded Trump Media and Technology Group in 2021, portraying it as a giant-killer that would one day displace […]

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Florida Continues Its Execution Spree Despite Problematic Track Record

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This story is published in partnership with The Florida Trib. In a small, piercingly bright room inside a state prison in northeast Florida, Frank Walls was strapped to a gurney and injected three times: first with a sedative meant to render him unconscious, then a paralytic to prevent any visible movement, and finally potassium acetate […]

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How Trump Will Fill His Gulags

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The United States has welcomed refugees fleeing persecution under the same law for 45 years, following a tradition dating back to World War II. Through an orderly process, applicants for refugee status undergo extensive federal vetting before arriving. A year after entering the US, they can apply for a green card, and barring any issues, […]

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Agriculture Is Consuming Grasslands and Wetlands at Alarming Rates

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially in sprawling, high-profile ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest.  But new research published this week finds that non-forest ecosystems—the world’s grasslands, savannas, and wetlands—are being devoured […]

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Trump’s War on National Park Signs Is Even Dumber Than You Think

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Last fall, an informational sign vanished from a patch of grass across from Chevy Chase Circle in Northwest Washington, DC. The placard—installed in 2022 by the National Park Service after much discussion—described the career of Sen. Francis Newlands, who represented Nevada in Congress for a quarter century and championed irrigation projects in the American west. […]

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DHS Abducts Columbia Student From College Housing

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Federal immigration agents detained a Columbia University student on Thursday morning after reportedly gaining access to university housing by falsely claiming they were looking for a missing person, according to Claire Shipman, Columbia’s acting president.  The Department of Homeland Security went after Ellie Aghayeva, a senior majoring in neuroscience and political science, according to a […]

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The Trump Administration’s Favorite Nuclear Startup Has Ties to Russia and Epstein

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At 26, Isaiah Taylor had accomplished more than most people do by the time they’re twice his age. The founder of Valar Atomics, a Southern California-based company that aims to make small-scale nuclear reactors, Taylor, a father of four, has government contracts, invitations to Mar-a-Lago, and investments from some of the biggest names in Silicon […]

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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Proves Devoted to MAHA’s Dangerous Talking Points

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President Donald Trump’s pick for surgeon general, wellness influencer Casey Means, parroted various MAHA talking points throughout a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, while deflecting on key issues such as vaccines and birth control. Some of Means’ responses even appeared to contradict previous public health-related statements she’s made in order to fall in line with the […]

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Watch: Gregory Bovino Asks Our Journalist to Bake Him a Pie

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It all started when Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tweeted that “Gregory Bovino has to go.” Bovino—the erstwhile roving warlord atop President Donald Trump’s Border Patrol junta—had other ideas. And those ideas involved armed federal agents. And pie. “Nah, gubner, too busy leading agents to arrest illegal aliens,” Bovino responded. “Besides, Chicago may need another double […]

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