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my 2021 in review

How the climate + labor alliance was revitalized around EVs

Why climate groups are not thrilled about Mitch Landrieu leading the infrastructure deal

Talking to a teacher who says critical race theory infiltrated her school district

Where Parkland parents and civil rights groups disagree over school shootings

Local homeland security surveilling students after school fights

From Debt Cancellation to Debt Abolition

Calling Child Protective Services on families keeping their kids home from school

Universal Basic Rent?

In the fight for reproductive rights, don’t forget Medicaid expansion

On publicly funded elections

How Delta Upended Back-to-School

The U.S.'s role in helping poorer countries reduce CO2 emissions + a top congressional district Democrats hope to flip

How to respond to Critical Race Theory attacks?

Letting non-citizens vote

Real fake news, interpreting 2020 crime stats, and another school board race where school police are on the ballot

Medicare Advantage and a 'Just Transition'

Soaking States' Rich, Covid Clemency, and 'Red for Ed' Three Years Later

What's Rhino? And Congress flexes its judicial override muscles

Big changes for political texting, and carbon-capture in the infrastructure bill

The first act of reparations in Georgia

Amazon retaliated against Chicago warehouse workers during Covid, NLRB finds

Covid-19 policy lessons (in the New York Times!)

Negotiating School Safety

An exit interview with founders of the COVID Tracking Project!

Seattle Suburb Says It's Not NIMBY By Using Its Zoning Code to Force Homeless Individuals Out

Utility shutoffs, utility debt

New FCC chair is good news for students! And a preview of coming climate change politics

A D.C. dispatch ahead of inauguration

A victory for ending cash bail, on the Ed Secretary pick, and new research on schools + COVID