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Education & Youth
The Fight Against Book Bans Is Mobilizing a New Generation of Student Activists
As the right bans books on LGBTQ issues and racial justice, youth are getting a crash course in collective organizing.
Ed Department Says GA District May Have Violated Students’ Rights With Book Bans
The Department of Education’s ruling could have implications for other districts considering book bans.
“We Refuse to Leave Anyone Behind”: Oakland Teachers Secure Wins in Strike
Teachers' demands included a living wage, equitable class sizes and expanded special education services.
To Resist Right-Wing Push for “Parents’ Rights,” Let’s Focus On Youth Liberation
Community organizer zara raven shares wisdom on creating a world where children can flourish.
How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas.
We must foster critical thinking and direct action to combat book bans, sociologist Joe Feagin says.
Groups and Parents File Lawsuit Against Florida District for Banning Books
The banning of books by the school district violates parents' and authors' First Amendment rights, the lawsuit contends.
DeSantis Signs Law Banning Diversity Programs at Public Colleges in Florida
"This is a continuation of a national agenda to whitewash history,” said State Sen. Shevrin Jones.
Exploitative Child Labor Is Hurting Kids’ Ability to Stay in School
Thousands of low-income youths are working in violation of federal law and are struggling to complete school.
For-Profit Child Care Chains See Opportunity to Monopolize Imperiled Industry
The catastrophic state of U.S. child care is rooted in capitalism, not the pandemic.
GOP POTUS Candidate Wants to Limit Voting Rights for Those 18-25
Right-wing calls to raise the voting age are a response to the GOP’s poor midterms performance among young people.
Poll Finds 4 in 5 Voters Support Capping Child Care Costs for All Families in US
Polling finds that 90 percent of voters who are parents are concerned about child care costs.
Sanders, Omar Introduce Bill to Permanently Provide Free Meals in Schools
The bill would make permanent an early pandemic-era universal school meal program that helped feed 30 million children.
Defunding Libraries Won’t End Book Bans — It Will Further Undermine Libraries
Right-wingers have managed to reverse-psychology a blue state into doing the work of destroying civil society for them.