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After Michigan Shooting, Democrats Weigh Competing Approaches to School Safety
(The Intercept,
December 2, 2021
)
The Democratic Dilemma on Dark Money
(The American Prospect,
December 2, 2021
)
School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights
(The Intercept,
November 10, 2021
)
How To Cancel $3.2 Million of Debt For 20,000 People Who Went Through the Carceral System
(The Intercept,
October 29, 2021
)
Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home
(The Intercept,
October 25, 2021
)
The Simplest Fix to America's Rent Problem
(The Atlantic,
October 20, 2021
)
Legislators Push to Make Phone Calls in New York’s Jails and Prisons Free
(New York Focus,
October 14, 2021
)
In the Fight for Reproductive Rights, Don't Forget The Medicaid Gap
(The Intercept,
October 1, 2021
)
FTC Nominee Bedoya, Privacy Advocate and Big Tech Critic, is Unknown Quantity on Antitrust
(Capitol Forum,
September 28, 2021
)
Public Campaign Funding Gains Steam To Counter Big Donors' Sway
(Bloomberg Businessweek,
September 16, 2021
)
Massachusetts May Become First State to Send Money to Low-Income Countries to Deal With Climate Change
(In These Times,
September 16, 2021
)
Building Trades Union Imposes Vaccine Mandate on Itself
(The American Prospect,
August 25, 2021
)
Amazon,
Walmart in the Line of Fire as Biden Appointees Dust Off Robinson-Patman Act
(The Capitol Forum,
August 24, 2021
)
Leaders at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS Hesitated to Tell Families About Staff COVID-19 Cases and HVAC Systems In Repair
(Washington City Paper,
August 23, 2021
)
In New York City, Retirees Brace For Switch to Privatized Health Insurance
(The Intercept,
August 19, 2021
)
New School Year, Same Old Covid Chaos
(The New Republic,
August 17, 2021
)
Steven Holden is the Latest Democrat To Try Flipping a Coveted House Seat. Is He Up to the Task?
(The Intercept,
August 11, 2021
)
Despite Promises For Global Climate Justice, Biden Falls Short In Helping Reduce Poorer Countries' Emissions
(The Intercept,
August 3, 2021
)
To Counter "Critical Race Theory" Attacks, Advocates Dodge The Term
(The Intercept,
July 27, 2021
)
Teachers and Staff at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School Call for Removal of CEO
(Washington City Paper,
July 20, 2021
)
Noncitizens May Soon Be Eligible To Vote in NYC Elections
(The Intercept,
July 14, 2021
)
Antitrust Hawks Optimistic that USDA Will Implement Rules, Putting Meatpackers’ Dominance, Profits At Stake
(Capitol Forum,
July 8, 2021
)
Schumer Amendment Shorts $5 Billion in Covid-19 Relief Funding
(The Intercept,
June 30, 2021
)
School Privatization Lobby Places Fake News on Local Stations
(The Intercept,
June 16, 2021
)
Syracuse School Board Election Heats Up Over Police Debate
(The Appeal,
June 11, 2021
)
Guns, Fentanyl and Murder: Get Ready for a Bloody Summer
(The Daily Beast,
June 9, 2021
)
New York City Unions Prepare to Shift Retirees off Medicare
(The Intercept,
June 7, 2021
)
Biden Says He Backs a Just Transition for the Climate Crisis. Advocates Say, “Prove It.”
(In These Times,
June 2, 2021
)
Pressure Mounts in Connecticut to Tax the Rich
(The Intercept,
May 28, 2021
)
Education Politics in 'Red for Ed' States Three Years Later
(Capital & Main,
May 25, 2021
)
The Pandemic Spurred Governors to Grant Clemency, But Advocates Say It Isn't Enough
(The Appeal,
May 24, 2021
)
Startup Alternative to Rental Security Deposits Gets Legal Backing in Baltimore
(The Intercept,
May 5, 2021
)
Congress Looks to Judicial Overrides to Strengthen Consumer Protections
(The Intercept,
April 27, 2021
)
Progressive Groups Fight T-Mobile and AT&T's New Texting Rules
(The Intercept,
April 20, 2021
)
A Debate Over Carbon Capture in the Infrastructure Bill Could Test the Labor-Climate Alliance
(In These Times,
April 15, 2021
)
Inside the Winning Fight for Reparations in Athens, Georgia
(The Intercept,
April 9, 2021
)
Utah's Hard-Won Bail Reforms Are in Jeopardy
(The Appeal,
March 19, 2021
)
Amazon Retaliated Against Chicago Workers Following Spring Covid-19 Protests, NLRB Finds
(The Intercept,
March 17, 2021
)
Liberal Think Tanks Outline Steps to Resuming Student Loan Payments in September
(The Intercept,
March 17, 2021
)
The Coronavirus Made The Radical Possible
(The New York Times,
March 11, 2021
)
Inside the Long, Messy Year of Reopening Schools
(The New Republic,
March 8, 2021
)
Amazon VP Abruptly Resigns From Board Of Liberal Legal Organization
(
The Intercept
,
February 27, 2021
)
Connecticut Lawmakers Want to Try Again to Make Prison Phone Calls Completely Free
(
The Intercept
,
February 22, 2021
)
Exit Interview: How the COVID Tracking Project Stepped Up When The Trump Administration Didn't
(
GQ,
February 19, 2021
)
New Massachusetts Law Paves The Way for Police-Free Schools
(
The Appeal
,
February 12, 2021
)
Washington State's Most Populous County Curbed Covid-19 Among The Homeless By Moving Them to Hotels. But One Local Government Fought Back.
(
The Appeal
,
February 10, 2021
)
Biden’s Goal to Open Most Schools in 100 Days Is Not a Long Shot
(
Bloomberg Businessweek
,
February 9, 2021
)
There Could Be an Energy Bill Debt Tsunami, Too
(
City Lab
,
February 4, 2021
)
Chicago Teachers Stand to Sue. A Group of Parents, Backed by a Right-Wing Law Firm, Stand to Sue.
(
The Intercept
,
February 3, 2021
)
How Biden's FCC Could Bring Fast Relief To Students Struggling With Remote Learning
(
The Intercept
,
January 26, 2021
)
Climate Groups Begin Vying For Power in The Biden Era as Pressure for Unity Fades
(
The Intercept
,
January 21, 2021
)
“When there’s civil unrest, people like to come and support small business.” In DC, residents enjoy a Sunday afternoon reprieve while staying vigilant
(
Insider
,
January 17, 2021
)
How Education Secretary Nominee Miguel Cardona Works With Teachers
(
The American Prospect
,
January 4, 2021
)
Newly Elected Michigan Prosecutor Will Stop Seeking Cash Bail
(
The Appeal
,
January 4, 2021
)
Liberal Legal Organization Renews Amazon VP's Position On Its Board Despite Member Protest
(
The Intercept
,
December 22, 2020
)
Arkansas Could Give Amy Coney Barrett Her Big Abortion Moment
(
Rewire
,
December 16, 2020
)
After George Floyd, Carbon Capture Tiptoes Into Racial Justice
(
The Intercept
,
December 14, 2020
)
The Desperate Last Days of Local News
(
New Republic,
December 14, 2020
)
Philadelphia Teacher Faces 65 Years In Prison After Another Person Torched a Police Car During a Protest
(
The Appeal
, December 9, 2020
)
After FOIA Appeals, DCPS Reveals Names of Schools Where Employee Sexual Misconduct Took Place
(
Washington City Paper
, December 2, 2020
)
Congress Has The Power To Override Supreme Court Rulings. Here's How.
(
The Intercept
and
The American Prospect
, November 24, 2020
)
The Other Race on Georgia's January Ballot
(
The Intercept,
November 23, 2020
)
Latino Organizers Work to Mobilize Georgia Voters Ahead of Senate Runoffs
(
The Intercept,
November 17, 2020
)
On His Second Election Day as a Council Candidate, Ed Lazere Feels “Really Good”
(
Washington City Paper,
November 3, 2020
)
Progressive Challengers Could Shatter a Washington Narrative On Tuesday
(
The Intercept,
November 2, 2020
)
Why Reopening Schools Has Become the Most Fraught Debate of the Pandemic
(
The American Prospect,
October 28, 2020
)
School Board Elections Are Confronting The School-to-Prison Pipeline
(
The Appeal,
October 23, 2020
)
Organizers Push For Stronger COVID-19 Utility Shut-off Protections As Winter Nears
(
The Intercept,
October 22, 2020
)
Family Care: Good Policy, Good Politics
(
The American Prospect,
October 22, 2020)
Injured Employees, Attorneys, and Labor Advocates Testify About D.C.’s Public Sector Worker’s Compensation System
(
Washington City Paper
,
October 16, 2020)
National Service Has Rare Bipartisan Support But An Uncertain Future
(
Bloomberg Businessweek
,
October 15, 2020)
Locked In Tight Race, GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan Caught in Environmental Scandal
(
The Intercept
,
October 12, 2020)
Workers’ Compensation in D.C.: Separate and Unequal
(
Washington City Paper
,
October 7, 2020)
Amid Internal Power Struggle, Firefighters Union Clears President of Wrongdoing
(
The Intercept,
September 22, 2020)
Firefighters Union, A Key Biden Ally, Confronts a Barr Investigation and Trump's Pardon Power
(
The Intercept,
September 18, 2020)
Cincinnati Is An Epicenter of the Death Penalty. Its Prosecutor Race Could End That In November.
(
The Appeal,
September 15, 2020)
Ed Markey Beats Back Senate Challenge From Joe Kennedy
(
The Intercept
,
September 2, 2020)
You Don't Have to Tell Your Employer About a Serious Diagnosis—But You Still Might Want To
(
GQ,
August 31 2020)
Some Teachers Are Being Required to Come To School — To Teach Virtually
(
The Intercept
,
August 28 2020)
Progressive Boston Doctor Seeks to Unseat "Do-Nothing Moderate Democrat" in Congress
(
The Intercept
,
August 16, 2020)
Senators Push for Free Prison Calls In Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
(
The Intercept
,
August 7, 2020)
As Schools Reopen, Teachers, Parents, and Students Are Pushing Back
(
The Intercept
,
August 3, 2020)
USPS Workers Concerned New Wave of Policies Will Pave The Way To Privatization
(
The Intercept
,
July 29, 2020)
The Democratic Party's Most Confounding Primary
(
The Intercept
,
July 28, 2020)
St. Louis Prosecutor Faces Voters, After Years of Sustained Fire From Police Union
(
The Appeal
,
July 23, 2020)
Teachers and the Struggle for Paid Family Leave
(
Rethinking Schools
,
July 22, 2020)
Stuck-At-Home Parents Want More Support for Home Schooling
(
Bloomberg Businessweek
,
July 22, 2020)
Israel/Palestine Looms Large Over Minnesota Primary
(
Jewish Currents,
July 17, 2020)
Over 100 Houston Doctors Slam Rep. Dan Crenshaw for “Spreading Dangerous Disinformation” On Coronavirus
(
The Intercept
,
July 17, 2020)
How The Largest Known Homeless Encampment in Minneapolis History Came To Be
(
The Appeal
,
July 15, 2020)
Could Your Fitness Tracker Really Detect COVID-19?
(
GQ,
July 14, 2020)
Protests Against Policing Could Help Make Formerly Homeless Candace Valenzuela The First Afro-Latina In Congress
(
The Intercept,
July 10, 2020)
Elderly People Subject to Flawed Guardianship System Are More Vulnerable Amid Pandemic
(
The Intercept,
July 6, 2020)
But Where Can We Shelter?
(
The Nation,
June 16, 2020)
This Hurricane Season, The Coronavirus Pandemic is Complicating Disaster Response Plans
(
The Intercept
,
June 15, 2020)
How Did Brooke Pinto Win the Ward 2 Council Primary?
(
Washington City Paper
,
June 11, 2020)
In the Midst of the Unemployment Crisis, Why Not Guarantee Jobs?
(
In These Times
,
June 10, 2020)
A Progressive Challenger Was Attacked For Calling to Defund the Police. She Won Anyway.
(
The Intercept
,
June 4, 2020)
D.C. Ranks in Bottom Quintile of New Save the Children Childhood Report
(
Washington City Paper
,
June 2, 2020)
Mission-driven and worker-driven: Inside the wave of nonprofit organizing
(
Strikewave,
May 28, 2020)
Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Deliver?
(
The American Prospect,
May 26, 2020)
Weeks After Sanctions, Russian Oligarch Received $50 Million ''Antiquities" Shipment Labeled "Farberge" At Panama Address
(
The Intercept,
May 20, 2020)
Washington Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Have Automatically Cleared Criminal Records
(
The Appeal,
May 19, 2020)
Kim Olson, Texas Congressional Candidate, Clashed With Teachers During Polarizing Tenure at Dallas School District
(
The Intercept,
May 10, 2020)
Despite Skyrocketing Unemployment, Tennessee Valley Authority Plans To Outsource Hundreds of Federal Jobs to Overseas Companies
(
The Intercept,
May 5, 2020)
Small Farms, Already Stressed and Underfunded, Struggle for Coronavirus Relief
(
The Intercept,
April 29, 2020)
As Democrats Push Vote-By-Mail Measures, Local Governments Are Leading The Charge on Safe Voting
(
The Intercept,
April 20, 2020)
Bernie Sanders Is Staying On the Ballot To Get More Delegates, But He And His Supporters Aren't Investing Much Into That Effort
(
The Intercept,
April 17, 2020)
How the Hunt for a Coronavirus Vaccine Could Go Horribly Wrong
(
The Daily Beast,
April 12, 2020)
Climate Advocates Are Gearing Up for the Next Stimulus Package
(
In These Times,
April 9, 2020)
How Trump Could Dismantle Workers’ Rights with Another Four Years
(
The Washington Monthly
,
April 6, 2020)
Competitors or Collaborators: Some School Closure Orders Look to Restrict Virtual Charters to Protect Brick-and-Mortar Schools During Coronavirus Crisis
(
The 74
,
April 6, 2020)
Liberty University is resisting pressure from students to refund room and board costs during the coronavirus crisis
(
Business Insider
,
March 27, 2020)
To Develop A COVID-19 Vaccine, Pharma and The Federal Government Will Have To Break Old Patterns
(
The Intercept
,
March 27, 2020)
State Workers Seek to Protect Labor Rights as the Coronavirus Spreads
(
The Intercept
,
March 21, 2020)
Despite Public School and Library Coronavirus Closures, D.C. Still Won't Order Public Charter Schools to Close
(
Washington City Paper
,
March 13, 2020)
Working Families Party: “Warren is a Progressive And Will Work To Ensure We Have a Progressive Nominee.”
(
The Intercept
,
March 3, 2020)
Progressive House Primaries on Super Tuesday
(
The Intercept
,
February 29, 2020)
A Good Fight To Have About Medicare for All
(
The New Republic,
February 20, 2020)
Covering Education in a Unionized Newsroom
(
The Grade,
February 19, 2020)
In Final Weeks of Heated Texas Primary, Unions and Progressive Groups Throw $350,000 Behind Jessica Cisneros
(
The Intercept
,
February 17, 2020)
Bloomberg Campaign Ran Ads Asking Voters How He Should Spend His Money
(
The Intercept
,
February 6, 2020)
Elizabeth Warren’s Little-Known History In An Obscure But Influential Legal Organization
(
The Intercept
,
January 30, 2020)
Seattle Threatens To Lock Out Thousands of Striking Nurses and Caregivers
(
The Intercept,
January 30, 2020)
A Case in the Supreme Court Could Upend Public Education
(
The American Prospect
,
January 22, 2020)
A Campaign Finance Rule Makes Life Much Harder for Working Class Challengers
(
The Intercept
,
January 16, 2020)
Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines
(
The American Prospect
,
January 13, 2020)
How Massive Donations From Howard G. Buffett Helped Block The Opening Of A Pot Dispensary In Illinois
(
The Intercept
,
January 11, 2020)
Under Pressure From Democratic Caucus, House Leadership Promises To Bring Pro-Labor Bill To Floor
(
The Intercept
,
January 9, 2020)
A Small Chicago Firm Has Quietly Funded Nearly Two Dozen Anti-Union Lawsuits
(
The Intercept
,
December 23, 2019)
Trump's North American Trade Deal Is Poised To Worsen Climate Change — But Dems Don't Seem to Mind
(
In These Times
,
December 16, 2019)
Environmental Activists Target Exxon’s Lead Attorney In Climate Liability Case, A Prominent Democratic Donor
(
The Intercept
,
December 12, 2019)
School Insecurity
(
Democracy Journal
,
December 11, 2019)
Inside the Financial Relationship Between Pete Buttigieg and Charter School Backers
(
VICE
,
December 10, 2019)
Baltimore Leads A City-Based Movement for Water Justice
(
The American Prospect
,
December 3, 2019)
Nancy Pelosi Pushes The House to Pass UMSCA, But Neglects A Bill With Broad Support To Strengthen Unions
(
The Intercept
,
December 2, 2019)
As Longest-Serving Senate President In U.S. History Steps Aside, Maryland Set for a Political Shakeup
(
The Intercept
,
November 15, 2019)
Taking Stock: Will Anyone Be Able to Afford To Live in DC In 20 Years?
(
Washington City Paper
,
November 14, 2019)
With the Help of Teachers Unions, the Climate Strikes Could Be Moving Into Phase 2
(
In These Times
,
November 4, 2019)
Labor, Ever So Gingerly, Steps Into The Insurgency
(
The Intercept
,
November 1, 2019)
Harvard Grad Students Are Taking On The Trump Administration And Their Own School
(
VICE
,
October 30, 2019)
Elizabeth Warren Releases Her Education Plan
(
The Intercept
,
October 21, 2019)
D.C. Schools Battle Requests to Release Information About Sex Misconduct
(
Washington City Paper
,
October 17, 2019)
Bernie Sanders Stood Up To Teach For America When Congress Wouldn't
(
The Intercept,
October 16, 2019)
Ohio Progressive Morgan Harper Raised $323,000 In First Quarter of House Race
(
The Intercept,
October 9, 2019)
California Allows Child Care Workers to Unionize
(
The American Prospect,
October 4, 2019)
Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders's Campaign Chair, Led Charge For Education Reform As Ohio Legislator
(
The Intercept,
September 30, 2019)
How a Next President Could Boost Home Care and Childcare Without Congress
(
The American Prospect,
September 27, 2019)
Ending GM's Two-Tiered System is UAW Members' Top Demand — And Part of Bigger Fight Against Worker Misclassification
(
The Intercept,
September 26, 2019)
The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon-Capture Technology. Maybe That's OK.
(
The Intercept,
September 20, 2019)
The Biggest Strike In America Is About How Much Bosses Can Gut Your Healthcare
(
VICE
,
September 18, 2019)
K12 Street: How Charter Schools Won DC Politics
(
Washington City Paper
,
September 5, 2019)
For Kids Experiencing Homelessness, Back-To-School Can Mark A Return To Stability
(
DCist,
August 29, 2019)
8 Unions Have A Plan For Climate Action — But It Doesn't Mention Fighting The Fossil Fuel Industry
(
In These Times,
August 26, 2019)
How Democrats Plan To Win Wisconsin in 2020
(
The Intercept,
August 23, 2019)
Amid Conservative Assault on Organized Labor, Democratic Lawmakers Are Advancing Laws to Expand Workers' Rights
(
The Intercept
,
August 5 2019)
The Future of the Forward
(
Jewish Currents
,
July 31, 2019)
Fear Is Not A Good Principle
(
Jewish Currents
,
July 25, 2019)
The Just Transition for Coal Workers Can Start Now. Colorado Is Showing How.
(
In These Times,
July 24, 2019)
A California Bill Could Transform The Lives of Gig Workers. Silicon Valley Wants Labor's Help To Stop It.
(
The Intercept
,
July 19, 2019)
How Morgan Harper's Ohio Primary Challenge Explains the House Democratic Meltdown
(
The Intercept
,
July 16, 2019)
The Charter School Primary
(
The American Prospect
,
July 15, 2019)
Will Bernie Sanders Stick With A Carbon Tax In His Push for a Green New Deal?
(
The Intercept
,
July 3, 2019)
Conservatives Are Nudging The Supreme Court To Dismantle Affordable Housing Policies
(
The Intercept
,
June 25, 2019)
We Have To Finance A Global Green New Deal — Or Face The Consequences
(
The Intercept
,
June 24, 2019)
As Consumer Protections Dwindle, Schools Push Financial Literacy
(
The American Prospect
,
June 10, 2019)
How Unions and Climate Organizers Learned to Work Together in New York
(
In These Times,
June 10, 2019)
The Radical Teachers Movement Comes to Baltimore
(
The Nation,
June 7, 2019)
Credder Hopes To Crowdsource Away Fake News
(
Columbia Journalism Review,
May 31, 2019)
Conservatives Pushed A Strategy to Weaken Home Healthcare Unions. The Trump Administration Bit.
(
The Intercept,
May 31, 2019)
Connecticut's Democratic Governor is Stonewalling a Bill That Would Make Phone Calls from Prison Free
(
The Intercept,
May 23, 2019)
GOP-Led Efforts to Crush Unions Have a New Target: Home Healthcare Workers
(
The Intercept,
May 16, 2019)
What People in Kentucky Coal Country Really Think About a Green New Deal
(
In These Times,
May 9, 2019)
Can start-up companies profit off one of the lowest paid professions: home-based child care?
(
The Hechinger Report,
May 2, 2019)
After a Black Cop Was Convicted of Killing a White Woman, Minnesota Activists Say Focus Should be on Police Reform
(
The Intercept,
May 2, 2019)
Washington Becomes First State To Approve Publicly-Funded Long-Term Care
(
The Intercept,
April 26, 2019)
Can Opportunity Zone Tax Breaks Be a Boon for Charter Schools?
(CityLab,
April 23, 2019)
Maine AFL-CIO Becomes First State Federation to Support a Green New Deal Bill
(In These Times,
April 22, 2019)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Is Facing A Primary Challenge
(
The Intercept,
April 19, 2019)
Julián Castro Got Off Easy for Ethics Trouble In The Last Presidential Campaign
(
The Intercept,
April 10, 2019)
18 Federal Workers On What It's Really Like to Work For the Trump Administration
(Washingtonian,
April 7, 20
19)
A Black Woman Said She Was Afraid of The Police. A Nearly All-White Disciplinary Panel Said We Don’t Believe You.
(
The Intercept,
April 5, 2019)
Baltimore Has an Ongoing Debate About Arming School Police
(Next City,
April 3, 2019)
Free Prison Calls Could Be Coming to Connecticut
(The Intercept,
April 2, 2019)
The New Politics of the Retirement Crisis
(The New Republic,
March 27,
2019)
Beto O'Rourke's Free Ride on Charter Schools Won't Last For Long
(The Intercept,
March 27, 2019)
A Federal Civil Rights Office Wants To Limit Access To Emotional Support Animals That Can Help With Depression
(The Intercept,
March 18, 2019)
This Ward 8 High School Had Its Charter Revoked. Now It’s Fighting Back
(DCist,
March 14, 2019)
Senate Bill Proposes Smaller Class Sizes for High-Poverty School Districts
(Next City,
March 14, 2019)
Strategies for a Post-Roe America — and for Post-Roe American Women
(The American Prospect,
March 11, 2019)
The Charter School Movement Weakens in California
(The American Prospect,
March 8, 2019)
Labor Unions Are Skeptical of the Green New Deal, And They Want Activists To Hear Them Out
(The Intercept,
February 28, 2019)
Bridges Public Charter School Dismisses Well-Loved Teacher Who Spoke Out
(Washington City Paper,
February 17, 2019)
Even for Washington, The Fight Over Online Gambling Has Been Unusually Shady
(The Intercept,
February 15, 2019)
Teachers’ Strikes Are Rattling Washington. This Hearing in the U.S. House Is Proof.
(In These Times,
February 14, 2019)
To Block One Decertification Vote, a Teachers Union May Undo Charter Teachers’ Right to Unionize Nationally
(The American Prospect,
February 13, 2019)
In L.A., Magnet Schools Attracting Students but Not Headlines
(Next City,
February 12, 2019)
A Lawsuit Threatens a Groundbreaking School-Desegregation Case
(The Nation,
February 11, 2019)
Sheldon Adelson Got A Surprise Gift in the Middle of the Government Shutdown
(The Intercept,
February 8, 2019)
D.C. Charter Administrators Have Some of the Highest School Salaries in Town; Their Teachers, Some of the Lowest
(Washington City Paper,
January 30, 2019)
Coming Off LA Strike Victory, A New Wave Of Teacher Protests Takes Hold
(The Intercept,
January 29, 2019)
A Democratic Firm Is Shaking Up The World Of Political Fundraising
(The Intercept,
January 24, 2019)
Who’s Trying to Kill BDS on Campus?
(Jewish Currents,
January 21, 2019)
LA Teachers Are Mad About Charter School Growth. Why Won’t Democrats Acknowledge That?
(The Intercept,
January 15, 2019)
Los Angeles Teachers Poised to Strike
(The American Prospect,
January 7, 2019)
New Jersey Is Getting Sued Over School Segregation
(CityLab,
January 3, 2019)
Workers Just Notched a Rare Win In Federal Court
(The Intercept,
January 3, 2019)
Could Expanding Employee Ownership Be The Next Big Economic Policy?
(The Intercept,
December 26, 2018)
Special Ed. Advocates Call for Investigation Into Unlicensed Company Serving Charter Students
(Washington City Paper,
December 19 2018)
Emails Show Political Group No Labels Gave Work To Firms Linked To Founder’s Husband
(The Intercept,
December 19 2018)
How Schools Can Follow the Money That Should Be Theirs
(The American Prospect,
December 19 2018)
A GOP Governor Has a Chance To Fix A Blue State’s Draconian Approach to Paroling Juvenile Offenders
(The Intercept,
December 10 2018)
Pro-Charter School Democrats, Embattled in the Trump Era, Score a Win With Hakeem Jeffries
(The Intercept,
November 30, 2018)
Plans for a D.C. Education Research Collaborative Move Forward, and Politicking Ensues
(Washington City Paper,
November 26, 2018)
D.C. May Soon Have The Most Progressive Child Care System In The Country
(DCist,
November 19, 2018)
Amazon HQ2 Will Cost Taxpayers At Least $4.6 Billion
(The Intercept,
November 15, 2018)
Why Ben Jealous Lost the Maryland’s Governor Race
(The Intercept,
November 7, 2018)
Letting Non-citizens Vote in the Trump Era
(The Nation,
November 1, 2018)
How The Charter School Wars Turned An Obscure Race Into California’s Second Most Expensive Election
(The Intercept,
November 1, 2018)
The Maryland Green Party wants to win. So it has 24 candidates on the ballot.
(Washington Post Magazine,
October 31, 2018)
What Happened to the Black-Jewish Political Alliance?
(
Jewish Currents,
October 25, 2018)
Democratic Consulting Firm Teams Up with Hospital Industry To Battle Nurses Union
(The Intercept,
October 19, 2018)
Nearly Every Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Still Takes Corporate PAC Money
(The Intercept,
October 14, 2018)
Can a Blue Wave in a Blue State Make Ben Jealous Maryland’s First African American Governor?
(The American Prospect,
October 12, 2018)
D.C.’s Master Facilities Plan Will Shape the City’s Balance Between Neighborhood Schools and Charters
(Washington City Paper,
October 10, 2018)
With Focus on Keith Ellison Allegations, Karen Monahan Retains New Attorney
(The Intercept,
October 3, 2018)
Modern Monetary Theory Grapples With People Actually Paying Attention To It
(The Intercept,
October 2, 2018)
Taking Back the Suburbs: The Fair Housing Act at Fifty
(Dissent,
October 1, 2018)
Elizabeth Warren Introduces Plan to Expand Affordable Housing and Dismantle Racist Zoning Practices
(The Intercept,
September 28, 2018)
C
ouncil Challenges Executive Branch, Urban Institute at Contentious Education Research Collaborative Hea
ring
(Washington City Paper,
September 20, 2018)
Don’t Trust Jeff Bezos’s Preschool Philanthropy Scheme
(In These Times,
September 20, 2018)
Democrats Need Voters’ Help To Fix Gerrymandering. Will They Get It?
(Talking Points Memo,
September 6, 2018)
Florida Has Been Stealing Votes From Black People Since The Civil War. That Could Change In November.
(The Intercept,
September 6, 2018)
A “Social Wealth Fund” Could Be The Next Big Idea
(The Intercept,
August 28 2018)
Ben Carson’s Drive to Further Segregate Housing Gets a Boost In Court
(The Intercept,
August 20 2018)
Chamber of Commerce, MoveOn Back Connecticut Democrat Mary Glassman Over “Teacher of the Year” Jahana Hayes
(The Intercept,
August 14 2018)
“It Was All True”: Minnesota Attorney General’s Former Deputy Speaks Out About Participation In Political Work
(The Intercept,
August 9 2018)
Minnesota Attorney General — Now Frontrunner for Governor — Relied on Government Employees for Campaign Work
(The Intercept,
August 6 2018)
Data Mining
(Washington City Paper,
July 26 2018)
Lawsuit Against Project Veritas May Shed New Light on Right-Wing Group’s Internal Operation
s
(The Intercept,
July 23 2018)
Maryland’s GOP Governor Recently Opposed Trump on Immigration, But His Record Tells A Different Story
(The Intercept,
July 12 2018)
Teachers File New Labor Charge Against Cesar Chavez Charter Network and TenSquare, a Consulting Firm
(Washington City Paper,
July 6 2018)
After Janus, The Country’s Largest Public-Sector Union Takes Stock of Its Movement
(The Intercept,
July 6 2018)
Supreme Court’s Janus Decision Opens A “Pandora’s Box” For Public-Sector Unions
(The Intercept,
June 28 2018)
Has the New America Foundation Lost its Way?
(Washingtonian,
June 24 2018)
When a Suburb Tries to Densify, Forget ‘Minnesota Nice’
(CityLab,
June 21 2018)
Apprenticeships, A Favorite of Trump Administration, Carry Major Potential for Foster Youth
(Chronicle of Social Change,
June 20 2018)
Backed by Obama Alums, A Law-And-Order Candidate Aims To Topple Progressive Leaders in Baltimore
(The Intercept,
June 20 2018)
Arkansas’ Medication Abortion Ban Was Hit With a Temporary Restraining Order. Here’s What’s Next.
(Rewire News,
June 20 2018)
Is School a Waste of Time?
(Democracy,
June 14 2018)
A War Between Nevada Teacher Unions Spills Over Into Democratic Gubernatorial Primary
(The Intercept,
June 8 2018)
Congress Still Won’t Pay For Busing to Desegregate Schools
(Next City,
June 4 2018)
A Split Among Labor Groups Has Made a Maryland Primary Suddenly Contentious
(The Intercept,
June 1 2018)
Turnaround Runaround
(Washington City Paper,
May 28, 2018)
An Unusual Idea for Fixing School Segregation
(The Atlantic,
May 23, 2018)
Jahana Hayes: The National Teacher of the Year Not Giving Up on Her Run for Congress
(The Intercept,
May 21, 2018)
Cash Incentives for Charter School Recruitment: Unethical Bribe or Shrewd Marketing Technique?
(The Intercept,
May 21, 2018)
Families Stranded After Rocketship Charter School Fails to Open Ward 5 Location
(Washington City Paper,
May 14, 2018)
The Trump Administration Is Making It Easier to Evade Housing Desegregation Law, Triggering Civil Rights Lawsuit
(The Intercept,
May 8, 2018)
Teachers Are Finally Winning Raises, But Many of Their Co-Workers Aren’t
(The American Prospect,
May 8, 2018)
Conservatives Work to Undermine Oklahoma Teachers’ Raises After Walkout
(Rewire News,
May 7, 2018)
Georgia Bus Drivers Joined The School Uprising, And Paid a Price
(The Intercept,
April 22, 2018)
Politicized By Trump, Teachers Threaten to Shake Up Red-State Politics
(The Intercept,
April 17, 2018)
A Five-Decade Fight to Improve Housing Choices for the Poor
(City Lab,
April 12, 2018)
A New Type Of Bank Offers A Lifeline For Those Trapped In A Vicious Cycle Of Debt
(HuffPost,
April 12, 2018)
The Teachers’ Movement Goes Virtual
(The Atlantic,
April 11, 2018)
The Libertarian Who Accidentally Helped Make the Case for Regulation
(Washington Monthly,
April 9, 2018)
Donald Trump and the GOP Are Expanding a Controversial Obama-Era Public Housing Program
(The Intercept,
April 2, 2018)
Donald Trump’s Civil Rights Office for Housing Has Found the Real Problem: Pets
(The Intercept,
March 23, 2018)
Resident Experts
(Bookforum,
Feb/March, 2018)
National Labor Relations Board Finds That Cesar Chavez Charter Network Violated Federal Labor Law
(Washington City Paper,
March 15, 2018)
Betsy DeVos Is Now Fighting The Union At The Education Department
(The Intercept,
March 15, 2018)
Teacher Unrest Spreads to Oklahoma
(The Intercept,
March 6, 2018)
Bernie Sanders on Puerto Rico Neglect: “Do You Think This Would Be Happening in Westchester County?”
(The Intercept,
March 2, 2018)
The Right Is Trying to Bring Down Public Sector Unions. It May Bring Much More Down With It.
(The Intercept,
February 25, 2018)
Betsy DeVos Is Helping Puerto Rico Re-Imagine Its Public School System. That Has People Worried.
(The Intercept,
February 22, 2018)
Draft Legislation Suggests Trump Administration Weighing Work Requirements And Rent Increases for Subsidized Housing
(The Intercept,
February 1, 2018)
New York Times Applauds Donald Trump For A New Attempt At An Old Corporate Boondoggle
(The Intercept,
January 30, 2018)
St. Paul Companies Are Spending Their Tax Breaks on Super Bowl Sponsorships. Teachers Are Crying Foul.
(The Intercept,
January 26, 2018)
How Labor Is Thinking Ahead to a Post-Trump World
(The Intercept,
January 21, 2018)
The Fight for the Suburbs
(The New Republic,
January 17, 2018)
Public school buildings are falling apart, and students are suffering for it
(The Washington Post,
January 8, 2018)
Different Regulations Govern D.C.’s Publicly Funded Pre-K Programs
(Washington City Paper,
January 3, 2018)
Court Forces Ben Carson To Be a Civil Rights Champion For a Day
(The Intercept,
January 2, 2018)
How a Gay Friendly and “Very Pro-Choice” Trump Created the most Anti-Choice, Anti-LGBT Administration
(The Intercept,
December 26, 2017)
Spotlight on Sexual Misconduct Reopens Old Wounds at Marijuana Policy Project
(Washington City Paper,
December 19, 2017)
Q
&A: Getting Millennials Off That Treadmill
(The American Prospect,
December 6, 2017)
Will America’s Schools Ever Be Desegregated?
(Pacific Standard,
December 5, 2017)
The Grade Unknown: DC Charters Prize Their Autonomy. Does It Come At The Cost of Public Accountability?
(Washington City Paper,
November 30, 2017)
The First Amendment Case That Could Upend Abortion Law
(The Intercept,
November 27, 2017)
As the Education Department Strips Away Civil Rights Protections, New Coalition Aims to Fight for Students
(The Intercept,
November 10, 2017)
Life Lessons From A Charter School Founder
(The New Republic,
November 19, 2017)
Puerto Ricans Fear Schools Will Be Privatized In the Wake Of Hurricane Maria
(The Intercept,
November 8, 2017)
Arkansas and Hawaii Lawsuits Present Challenges and Opportunities For Medication Abortion
(The American Prospect,
November 3, 2017)
Steve Bannon Tried to Recruit Teachers Union to Trump’s Agenda While in White House
(The Intercept,
November 1, 2017)
Late-Stage Abortion Provider Won’t Succumb To Protestors Who Forced Him Out of His Last Maryland Clinic
(The Intercept,
October 30, 2017)
1,500 Affordable Housing Units Headed for Baltimore Could Multiply
(Next City,
October 24, 2017)
Civil Rights Group Sue Ben Carson For Delaying Anti-Segregation Housing Reform
(The Intercept,
October 23, 2017)
The Rift Among Charter Schools
(The American Prospect,
October 20, 2017)
Desegregated, Differently
(The American Prospect,
October 18, 2017)
Progressive Candidates Seek to Upend the Democratic Establishment in Upcoming Ohio Election
(The Intercept,
October 5, 2017)
The New Fight For Labor Rights
(The New Republic,
September 27, 2017)
Education Isn't the Key To a Good Income
(The Atlantic,
September 26, 2017)
Reeling from a Murder Spike, Baltimore Grasps at a Gun Bill
(City Lab,
September 22, 2017)
Authorities Close in on Pro-Charter School Nonprofit for Illicit Campaign Contributions
(The Intercept,
September 19, 2017)
A Legal War in Arkansas Threatens Abortion Rights Everywhere
(VICE,
September 7, 2017)
A Charter Union Case Heads to Federal Court
(The American Prospect,
September 5, 2017)
Under Trump, Liberals Rediscover School Segregation
(The American Prospect,
August 11, 2017)
How Chicago Could Beat Trump in Court
(VICE,
August 9, 2017)
Videos of Baltimore Cops Allegedly Planting Evidence Tests Body Camera Programs
(The Intercept,
August 5, 2017)
This Is the Wrong Way to Fight Inequality
(The New Republic,
August 3, 2017)
Teacher Tests Test Teachers
(The American Prospect,
July 18, 2017)
Where D.C. Has Failed on Adult Education, Charter Schools Fill the Void
(Washington City Paper,
July 13, 2017)
Q&A: Drug Addiction Is a Learning Disorder
(The American Prospect,
July 7, 2017)
Stable Homes
(Johns Hopkins magazine,
July 2, 2017)
‘
Parents Involved,’ A Decade Later
(The American Prospect,
June 28, 2017)
School Suspensions, Test Scores, and Lead Poisoning
(The American Prospect,
June 9, 2017)
Crooked Chicago Cops May Get Off the Hook Thanks to Trump
(VICE,
June 8, 2017)
Illinois Poised To Strip Rahm Emanuel’s Control Over Chicago Schools
(The American Prospect,
June 7, 2017)
Why “Pay for Success” Financing Could Cost Taxpayers More Than They Bargained For
(In These Times,
May 30, 2017)
Massachusetts Charter School Backs Off Exclusionary Hair Policies — For Now
(The American Prospect,
May 25, 2017)
Fixing Our Infrastructure? How About Schools?
(The American Prospect,
May 23, 2017)
Bernie, the Billionaires, and the School Board
(The American Prospect,
May 12, 2017)
Discrimination Is Not De Facto
(Slate,
May 5, 2017)
New Jersey Teacher Tenure Lawsuit Dismissed
(The American Prospect,
May 5, 2017)
The Untold History of Charter Schools
(Democracy Journal,
April 27, 2017)
The Hopes and Fears Around Ben Carson’s Favorite Public Housing Program
(City Lab,
April 21, 2017)
How D.C. Became the Darling of Education Reform
(The American Prospect,
April 19, 2017)
Why D.C.’s First Charter Union Election Was Called Off
(The American Prospect,
April 3, 2017)
Maryland Showdown on Testing, Charters, and the Direction of Public Schools
(The American Prospect,
March 29, 2017)
How Schools Are Trying to Make Undocumented Kids and Their Parents Feel Safe
(VICE,
March 22, 2017)
The Hour of the Attorneys General
(The American Prospect,
March 22, 2017)
Chicago Teachers May Launch Nation’s Largest Charter School Union
(The American Prospect,
March 7, 2017)
D.C. Charter Teachers Seek to Unionize
(The American Prospect,
February 22, 2017)
Will Crumbling School Buildings Get a Piece of the Infrastructure Pie?
(The American Prospect,
February 9, 2017)
DeVos Might Not Force Private School Vouchers on States — But She Could Promote Them
(The American Prospect,
February 6, 2017)
Teachers Union Battle Escalates at KIPP Charter School
(The American Prospect,
January 30, 2017)
Unlearning The Lessons of The Housing Crisis
(Curbed,
January 19, 2017)
Betsy DeVos Alarms Special Education Advocates, Parents
(Curbed,
January 18, 2017)
Baltimore Is Finally Doing Something About Its Notorious Police Force
(VICE,
January 12, 2017)
Larry Hogan Can Be Beat
(The American Prospect,
January 5, 2017)
Public Education Under Trump
(The American Prospect,
January 4, 2017)
The Complicated History of America’s First ‘Union-Backed’ Charter Authorizer
(MinnPost,
December 21, 2016)
How to Stop For-Profit Colleges
(The New Republic,
December 21, 2016)
Ben Carson, the GOP, and Subsidized Housing
(The American Prospect,
December 16, 2016)
Vouchers, Home Schooling, Virtual Education — Conservatives’ Wish List
(The American Prospect,
December 6, 2016)
Redlining Map Project Provides New Way for Researchers to Rethink Struggling Urban Areas
(
Johns Hopkins Magazine
, December 4, 2016)
The Rush to Rein in Baltimore Cops Before Trump
(
VICE
, November 30, 2016)
The Right Way to Assess Charter Schools
(
The American Prospect
, November 30, 2016)
Should a New Tax Credit From Washington Subsidize Housing for the Middle Class?
(
Next City
, November 8, 2016)
Fining Teachers for Switching Schools
(
The American Prospect
, November 3, 2016)
Rethinking School Discipline
(
The American Prospect
, November 2, 2016)
Turning Out the Pro-Choice Vote
(
The American Prospect
, November 1, 2016)
Affordable Housing is Vanishing. These Ballot Initiatives Could Help Stem the Crisis.
(
In These Times,
October 31, 2016)
Why Subsidizing Teacher Housing with Tax Credits Is Bad Policy
(
The American Prospect,
October 24, 2016)
Q&A: It’s Not the Cost of College — It’s the Price
(
The American Prospect,
October 20, 2016)
Can Teachers Unions Bargain for Better — or Fewer — Charter Schools?
(
The American Prospect,
October 19, 2016)
Will The Nation’s Capital Become a National Leader on Paid Leave?
(
The American Prospect,
October 13, 2016)
Q&A: Pulling Back the Curtain on Education Philanthropy
(
The American Prospect,
September 21, 2016)
How Cops Have Turned Baltimore into a Surveillance State
(
VICE,
September 13, 2016)
What The Texas Ruling Means for Fair Housing
(
Next City
,
September 9, 2016)
The National Labor Relations Board Says Charter School Teachers Are Private Employees
(
The American Prospect,
September 8, 2016)
The Afrocentric Education Crisis
(
The American Prospect,
September 2, 2016)
Black Organizations Say No — or at Least, Slow Down — to Charter Schools
(
The American Prospect,
August 8, 2016)
Q&A: The Economic Consequences of Denying Teachers Tenure
(
The American Prospect,
August 4, 2016)
California’s Ed Reform Wars
(
The American Prospect,
August 2, 2016)
Education Reform Democrats Look Ahead to Life After Obama
(
The American Prospect,
July 26, 2016)
Liberal Governor, Divided Government
(
The American Prospect,
July 26, 2016)
Indiana Court Overturns Purvi Patel’s Feticide Conviction
(
The American Prospect,
July 25, 2016)
Clinton Reframes Education Message, Attacks Trump
(
The American Prospect,
July 19, 2016)
Q&A: The Abortion Battle’s Next Phase
(
The American Prospect,
July 12, 2016)
Hillary on Charters: Yes and No
(
The American Prospect,
July 9, 2016)
Education Reformers Reflect at 25
(
The American Prospect,
June 29 2016)
Under Armour’s Slam-Dunk Deal
(
Slate
,
June 20 2016)
Teacher Unions Are ‘Bargaining for the Common Good’
(
The American Prospect,
June 16 2016)
Charter and Traditional Public Schools Fight Over Money
(
The American Prospect,
June 6 2016)
United Workers Organize for Fair Development in Baltimore
(
Baltimore City Paper
,
May 25, 2016)
When Affordable Housing Bypasses the Poor
(
The American Prospect
,
May 19, 2016)
The Freddie Gray Trials Are (Finally) Starting Again in Baltimore
(
VICE,
May 11, 2016)
Learning from History: The Prospects for School Desegregation
(
The American Prospect
,
May 10, 2016)
Baltimore’s Next Mayor Doesn’t Want to Talk About Racism
(
Slate,
April 29, 2016)
St. Louis Public and Charter Schools Fight Over Desegregation Taxes
(
The American Prospect
,
April 27, 2016)
Teachers Look to Unionize at Another New Orleans Charter School
(
The American Prospect
,
April 26, 2016)
Interview with Representative Donna Edwards
(
In These Times
,
April 25, 2016)
School Closures: A Blunt Instrument
(
The American Prospect
,
April 11, 2016)
When the Poor Move, Do They Move Up?
(
The American Prospect
,
April 6, 2016)
North Carolina Educators Fight Deportations of Central American Students
(
The American Prospect
,
March 23, 2016)
Can Charlotte-Mecklenburg Desegregate its Schools … Again?
(
The American Prospect
,
March 18, 2016)
Arrests and Suspensions Are Out of Control in Baltimore Schools
(
VICE
,
March 9, 2016)
Future of Abortion Access Remains Unclear After Supreme Court Oral Arguments
(
The American Prospect
,
March 2, 2016)
Why DeRay Mckesson’s Mayoral Candidacy Will Be Defined Far More By Education than Policing
(
Slate
,
February 12, 2016)
Roots & Branches charter will remain open, but public school closures loom large
(
Baltimore City Paper
,
February 3, 2016)
School Desegregation Lawsuit Threatens Charters
(
The American Prospect
,
January 26, 2016)
Charged with Firing Teachers for Organizing, a Chicago Charter Network Settles
(
The American Prospect
,
January 12, 2016)
