Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice. House Democratic leaders mobilize resistance to Trump actions, as Trump signs new Executive Order on transgender athletes Amazon deforestation, oil extraction change climate there, and here in US Second federal judge blocks Trump “birthright citizenship” order, saying … Continued


Background Briefing

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Netanyahu Meets With the Christian Zionist “Crusader” at the Pentagon, Where Top Officials Want to Get Out of the Middle East Quagmire
A Palestinian Perspective on Trump’s U.S.-Owned Gaza as a “Riviera of the Middle East”
The Growing Alarm at Musk Having Every American’s Social Security Number, Address, Email, Income, and Personal Details


Education Today

Education Today – February 5, 2025

FCMAT is a private organization that spends millions of California tax dollars every year giving orders to poorer school districts. Oakland and many other districts have been forced to make bad decisions by their power. Our guest today will share his research and writing on their impact and proposals on what to do about it.