Dr. Michael Baker is an infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Otago in Wellington, New Zealand. He has served on the New Zealand Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group.
The human cost to children of Trump’s cuts to food stamps and Medicaid
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” offers tax cuts to the wealthiest at the expense of low-income children’s health and education.
Phyllis Steele•
US Supreme Court greenlights destruction of Department of Education
In a decision with far-reaching implications for democratic rights and public education, the US Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to proceed with mass firings at the Department of Education.
Nancy Hanover•
Amid protest against attacks on Berlin universities, union leader demands seat at the table to decide on cuts
The main issue for the Verdi union is not to oppose the cuts, but to take part in deciding when and where the axe should fall.
Our reporters•
Letter from a rank-and-file Chicago educator to teachers in Philadelphia and California
An educator urges his counter-parts in other cities to draw the lessons from the betrayal in Chicago and wage a counter-offensive against the Democrats and Trump.
Joe Raymond•
WSU and MQ Rank-and-File Committees•
Laurent Lafrance•
Kate Maxwell, Sue Phillips•
International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Humboldt University)•
Jane Wise•