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Paul Bowers
Dark money in the Holy City
I wrote about school privatization for Diane Ravitch's blog
Jan 8
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Possum Island, the audiobook
Listen now (7 min) | A new piece of marsupial-centric fiction, now in recorded form
Jan 5
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The trouble with 'reimagining' schools
Some private interests wanted to ‘innovate’ all over Charleston County Schools. Not this year, y’all.
Jan 12
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Going through a tunnel
Plus, the state of the newsletter
Dec 29, 2021
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‘Try and save my poor Versailles!’
Dec 30, 2020
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A field guide to Christofascism
Jan 21, 2021
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Not now sweetie, Daddy’s cyberbullying the governor
Aug 18, 2021
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Blueprint for a race panic
Aug 25, 2021
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The trouble with 'reimagining' schools
Jan 12
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Dark money in the Holy City
Jan 8
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Wikifest 2021: A pickle for the knowing ones (w/ Michael Baumann)
Listen now (104 min) | Enough possum memes, the Year of the Pelican Eel is upon us
Dec 23, 2021
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Stand for America and fall for anything
I read Nikki Haley's weirdly dated conservative policy book so you don't have to
Dec 22, 2021
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Is Gabriel Boric a Swiftie?
A short investigation
Dec 20, 2021
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On earth, peace
I just want to sing Christmas carols and disarm the U.S. juggernaut
Dec 16, 2021
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Some letters to Santa
Threats, complaints, and flirtations from a small town to the North Pole, circa 1921
Dec 8, 2021
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If I wanted to destroy public schools, I'm not sure what I'd do differently
Beneath the culture wars, South Carolina Republicans are steadily dismantling our education system
Dec 1, 2021
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The 2021 Weirdly Specific Holiday Book Guide
Niche books for people in your life with a certain sensibility
Nov 26, 2021
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Satan, reviewed
Inventing a guy to get mad at (unlocked)
Nov 24, 2021
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‘Try and save my poor Versailles!’
Dec 30, 2020
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A field guide to Christofascism
Jan 21, 2021
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Not now sweetie, Daddy’s cyberbullying the governor
Aug 18, 2021
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Blueprint for a race panic
Aug 25, 2021
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The trouble with 'reimagining' schools
Jan 12
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Dark money in the Holy City
Jan 8
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