Last week, on Feb. 2 and 3, students from across the University of California (UC) system skipped class in protest of the reopening policies of the administration. UC campus administrations have been forcing students back to in-person classes with little flexibility...
It’s been two years of Covid, and we all crossed the threshold of exhaustion a long time ago. We’ve been longing so badly for the moment when we can go back to normal that we almost believed it was all over when we got our second shot. After two years of having to...
This article was written by Jules Boycoff and originally published at jacobinmag.com on February 4, 2022. It has been republished here with permission from the author. On the cusp of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, activists are ramping up their opposition to the...
A scandal regarding the care of the elderly has broken out in France with the publication of a book entitled Les Fossoyeurs (The Gravediggers), published at the end of January in France. It has brought to light the repulsive malpractices of the Orpea Group, a world...
Shockwaves were sent through the football world last week when former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores announced he had filed a class action lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL), accusing it of systemic racism in the hiring of coaches by various...
