“The Overseer Class”: Steven Thrasher on Black Cops, Pro-Palestine Protests, DEI & More

We speak with journalist, academic and author Steven Thrasher about his new book, The Overseer Class, in which he explores how members of historically marginalized groups rise to positions of power within institutions in lieu of structural change. He identifies Black police officers as a prominent example of this phenomenon. As public opinion in the United States has grown more critical of law enforcement, “Black cops are kind of rehabilitating police departments, as are women cops and LGBTQ cops,” Thrasher says. “Those are the people who I call overseers, the ones who rule between the ruling class and the working class.”

TEACHERS STRIKE IN VALENCIA (SPAIN)

You may not know it, but the teachers of secondary education in the Valencia region have been on an open-ended

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The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started

Tech vendors promised personalized, frictionless learning. What American schools got instead was mind-numbing, data-hungry junk software that devalues teachers and shortchanges students. A growing movement, led by alarmed parents, is saying enough.

Behind Craven’s audit - Overland literary journal

In November 2025, when antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal announced that Emeritus Professor Greg Craven would head what she called the “University Report Card Project”, the media referred to her plan as an “audit” of higher education’s response to antisemitism. It was never anything of the kind.

Dispatch #13: Unions as the Frontline against Authoritarian Attacks - PM Press

By Christopher Robé April 28th, 2026 Greetings from the Swamp. Florida has been the bellwether for the past five years regarding attacks against public education and public sector unions. Course curricula have been attacked, subject matter censored, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives defunded by reactionary state legislators who view anything challenging their narrow worldview in […]

First-Ever Bargaining Compact Unites Higher Ed Unions Across Northeastern US

The compact goes beyond just maintaining the status quo, says professor and union leader Marissa Johnson Valenzuela.