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Education & Youth
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 Presidential 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.
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Train Crossings Endanger Kids and Communities
When trains block a crossing for hours on end, kids risk their lives to get to school.
Amid Attacks From Right, Racial Justice Curricula Gain Momentum in Blue States
As some states rush to restrict what can be taught, other localities are mandating a more inclusive curriculum.
Harvard Has Become a Tax Shelter for Billionaires as Public Education Languishes
Massachusetts needs to reevaluate the tax-exempt status of its private universities with endowments over $1 billion.
DeSantis’s Board of Education Nominees Are Steeped in Far Right Dark Money
The dark-money funded extremists appointed to the board by Ron DeSantis will wield power over Florida's K-12 schools.