July 2025

Tax-Funded Vouchers Boost Private School Tuition

By Public Schools First NC The 2024-25 school year was the first year that North Caro­lina’s Opportunity Scholarship taxpayer-funded private school voucher program became universally available. For the first time, all families could apply to…



DNA Proof of Swine Feces in NC Homes

By Dawn Attride In Duplin County, North Carolina, there is a pollutant that hangs in the air, the water and the soil. It tumbles in the breeze and into homes through open windows, settling as…


5 Lessons for the Next Hurricane

Prescient Warnings About Helene Didn’t Reach People in Harm’s Way By Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon, with additional reporting by Cassandra Garibay When Hurricane Helene plowed over the Southeast last September, it caused more…


The Illegal Attack On Iran

By Vijay Prashad Israel’s consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign…



My Generation Made a Naive Error

By José Mujica My generation made a naive error. We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of…