Quitting the Classroom: One Year On

A former university instructor talks about his experience so far with quitting the classroom to teach independently on the internet. Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people hungry to learn, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus. […]

Dutch police open fire on Covid lockdown protesters as European nations reintroduce restrictions

By Chantal Da Silva and Associated Press Police opened fire on anti-lockdown protesters in the Dutch city of Rotterdam Friday ahead of demonstrations in several European cities against new Covid restrictions. Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters about police officers “felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” more […]

A California city is asking retirees, stay-at-home parents, and students to work 20 hours a week at struggling businesses to help ease a labor crunch, a report says

By Mary Hanbury, Yahoo News A California city is asking retirees, stay-at-home parents, and students to fill empty jobs for 6 months, according to a report. This is a temporary solution to help ease the labor shortage. Businesses across the US are struggling to find workers. A city […]

Who pays America’s taxes?

The Week Staff During the debate over spending bills, Democrats proposed raising taxes on the wealthy. Do the rich pay a fair share? Here’s everything you need to know: What do the wealthy pay? Generally, a much lower percentage of their incomes than the middle class. A White […]

Son of Khalil Islam is happy his father’s been exonerated in Malcom X killing, ‘but there’s still sadness’

By Brigid Kennedy, The Week The son of newly-exonerated Khalil Islam, who was wrongfully convicted in the 1965 assasination of Malcolm X, explained Thursday that while he’s happy a judge cleared his late father’s name, sadness nevertheless lingers. “It almost sounds casual to me that he’s been exonerated,” […]

“Critical Race Theory” Is White History

By Kali Holloway, The Nation Conservatives are rebranding an inclusive, honest accounting of American history as inherently anti-white. For more than a year now, conservatives have been waging war against the misdefined conception of critical race theory that they themselves created. The right-wing campaign against so-called CRT largely […]