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Good morning. In Wisconsin, private schools operating as ["Quasi-Public" institutions receive 100% of their students' tuition through voucher programs while facing almost no accountability](https://www.propublica.org/article/private-schools-vouchers-wisconsin-atlas-preparatory), ProPublica reports. Public dollars flow directly into unaccountable private hands — a straight transfer of resources from collective education to operators who answer to neither voters nor regulators, insulated from the oversight that governs public schools.
The housing crisis has driven young women in Washington, D.C., into a Catholic-run home where nuns provided below-market rent for a decade. That community is now saying goodbye, removing one of the few non-market shelters available to workers priced out of the capital. Religious charity fills the void where the state has abandoned its obligation to house people; when charity withdraws, the market reclaims its prey.
In a redrawn South Florida district long represented by Black lawmakers, Black Democrats have blasted Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's campaign as "a slap in the face," per MS NOW. The only white candidate in the race, Wasserman Schultz benefits from institutional backing that overrides the district's demographic reality — the same party machinery that sees House leadership oppose Medicare for All despite near-unanimous Democratic voter support. Incumbency protection trumps representation every time.
Against that machinery, [Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed or aligned candidates have won a number of Democratic primaries up and down the ballot this cycle](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/17/so-what-is-attracting-voters-dsas-sexy-socialist-summer), the Washington Post notes. The victories reflect organizing that connects material needs — housing, healthcare, labor rights — to electoral politics, offering a template for contesting power rather than managing decline.