On this edition of Your Call, we’ll speak with teachers from across the country to find out how new conservative policies are affecting their classrooms, as the new school year begins.

At least 25 states have enacted laws that will make it easier to remove books from school libraries, ban certain lessons on race, gender and sexuality, and limit the rights of transgender students, according to a Washington Post analysis.

How are teachers fighting back?

The tens of billions of chickens, pigs, cows, and other animals raised and slaughtered for food annually account for around 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

A ProPublica investigation reveals how the ultrawealthy use private foundations to receive millions in tax deductions while giving the public little in return.

As the climate crisis wreaks havoc around the world, oil companies are making the case that climate denialism is protected speech.

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll discuss the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that a 1868 treaty with the Navajo Nation does not require the US government to secure water access for the tribe.

48% of tribal homes do not have access to reliable water sources, clean drinking water, or basic sanitation, and Native households are 19 times more likely than white households to lack indoor plumbing, according to the Tribal Clean Water Initiative.

More than 150 years after the country’s largest tribe signed treaties recognizing its sovereignty, almost a third of the over 170,000 people who live on the Navajo reservation do not have access to reliable drinking water, according to the tribe. How will tribes continue to fight for water rights after this ruling?

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss the record setting $866B military spending bill, which recently passed the Senate and House.

Only 11 Senators voted against the bill. Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders introduced an amendment that would’ve cut the Pentagon budget by 10 percent. He said the Pentagon cannot keep track of the dollars it already has, leading to massive waste, fraud and abuse in the sprawling military-industrial complex. The amendment failed 88-11.

On the House side, the bill passed 219 to 210, largely along party lines because of Republican sponsored anti-abortion and anti-trans amendments.

Lawmakers will now work out a compromise version of the two.

Once again, the bill failed to get the major media coverage it deserved. What will it take to change that?

On this edition of Your Call, we discuss Project 2025, a plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president.

Guardian reporter Dharna Noor writes about the nearly 1,000-page transition guide, which was written by more than 350 rightwingers and is full of sweeping recommendations to deconstruct all sectors of the federal government– – including environmental policy.

Against a backdrop of record-breaking heat and floods this year, the $22m endeavor, Project 2025, was convened by the notorious rightwing, climate-denying thinktank the Heritage Foundation, which has ties to fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch.

Called the Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, it is meant to guide the first 180 days of presidency for an incoming Republican president. Climate experts and advocates criticized planning that would dismantle US climate policy.

On the next Your Call, we’ll discuss union busting, as workers across various industries continue to demand basic rights.

A tentative agreement between UPS and their Teamsters Union averted a historic strike of nearly 340,000 drivers, but some say the contract does not go far enough. All UPS union employees will receive a $2.75 per hour raise this year, and a $7.50 per hour pay increase over the next 5 years. Part time workers will start at $21 an hour, a boost from the previous $16.20, but less than the $25 that many were demanding.

Starbucks has engaged in a ruthless Union busting campaign, firing over 230 union leaders across the country, and shuttering union stores. The NLRB has issued over 100 official complaints against the company, encompassing over 1,900 violations of federal labor law. Workers in at least 21 states have also reported their store management banning Pride decorations, according to Starbucks Workers United, the union representing workers at over 300 locations across the US.

Coral reefs in South Florida are bleaching and dying due to the record shattering heat wave. What can we do to prevent a massive die off?

A recent investigation by The Lever reveals how landlords are turning to private equity-backed artificial intelligence screening programs to help them select tenants.