Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News Here’s What’s Changing With the U.S.’s New Trade Deal With Canada and Mexico Republican politicians are hailing the new agreement as a trade milestone. Some labor groups would disagree. Dwyer Gunn
Education Why the Arizona Teachers’ Strike Should Terrify Anti-Union Governors As in other recent red-state teachers' strikes, the Arizona teachers were agitating not just for raises but for a wholesale improvement of the state's system of education. David M. Perry
Economics Companies That Exploit Disabled People Have a Friend in Jeff Sessions Right before Christmas, the Department of Justice rescinded key protections for disabled workers. David M. Perry