Margot Backus

2 Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died. - The Dallas Morning News

Oh! i feel crazy because I am trapped in a society where those who run my state and every branch of the federal government are incoherent in the same way my worst comp students are. No wonder i am exhausted and frustrated and terrified and confused. Will seeing this help me cope this fall?

What's behind the Trump administration's immigration memes? White supremacist tropes and ironic viral jokes illustrate the administration's project of redefining who belongs in the United States.

White supremacist tropes and ironic viral jokes illustrate the administration's project of redefining who belongs in the United States.

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them. In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

(Published May)

Palestinian children who have lost parents were overcome with emotion as they graduated in a ceremony at Gaza's al-Wafaa Orphan Village.

The UN says Israel has damaged 97% of educational facilities in the besieged enclave.

Sally Rooney says she will support Palestine Action despite ban The Irish novelist says

Author Sally Rooney says she will continue to support Palestine Action, despite the group being proscribed
She said she intends to use the earnings of her work and her public platform to "go on supporting Palestine Action and direct action against genocide".
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This is a great piece. I am feeling intensely queasy as i prepare to teach two sections of first-year college writing this fall — the epistemological chasm between 64 year old me and my students seems unbridgeable…

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