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Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act” Is All About Protecting Racism
Under Hawley's bill, public schools that teach the actual history of our Constitution lose all their federal funds.
Civil Rights Leader, Educator Bob Moses Dies at 86
Moses played a leading role in organizing Black voter registration drives in Mississippi during the 1960s.
Poverty Wages and Tax Dodging Funded Bezos’s Ridiculous Space Trip
This was a step toward the commercialization of space, and I want no part of that.
Jamaal Bowman Unveils $1.4 Trillion Green New Deal for Public Schools
The bill would provide funding for green retrofits of schools while also tackling inequity within the education system.
Billionaire Tax Cheat Travels to Not-Space for a Few Minutes
This corporate billionaire space race? You can keep it.
The Attack on “Critical Race Theory” Deploys a Dangerous Fiction of Neutrality
Contrary to the claims of the GOP, education in a racist and sexist world cannot be “values-neutral.”
Teachers’ Unions Are Pushing Back Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Education
Unions are pooling resources to defend educators from an onslaught of attacks from Republicans and right-wing media.
Fixing Crumbling US Schools Could Save Lives — and the Planet
The pandemic may have cleared a way for the federal government to rebuild U.S. classrooms.
The Right Has Chosen Critical Race Theory as Its New Boogeyman to Scare Voters
At least 25 states and many municipalities have proposed or passed legislation banning critical race theory in schools.
DeSantis Signs Law Requiring Florida Colleges to Survey Student Political Views
Universities might face budget cuts if the responses are not satisfactory to the state's Republican-led legislature.