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Public Education’s Big Midterm Election Wins
Republican candidates for governor thought they had the winning education playbook, but voters had other ideas.
View ArticleInterview: Randi Weingarten Explains Why Most People Are Pro Public Education
The American Federation of Teachers president on the midterms’ impact on education, the culture wars in schools, and what the future holds.
View ArticleInterview: ‘We Were Having None of It’
Katie Paris founded Red Wine & Blue in 2019 to help suburban women engage in politics. By the end of the 2020 election, it had grown into ‘a pretty passionate fight against rightwing extremism.’
View ArticleA New Pennsylvania Court Ruling May Help Bridge the School Funding Gap
Petitioners in a lawsuit over the state’s unequal school funding scheme won their case. That precedent could spread across the country.
View ArticleHow School Staff Won a Major Strike in Los Angeles
The service workers’ big win adds momentum to what teachers are demanding in their current contract negotiations.
View ArticleRed States Are Now Weakening Child Labor Laws While Defunding Public Schools
It’s no coincidence that advocates for loosening child labor restrictions also push for expanding charter schools and voucher programs.
View ArticleWhy Red States Are Blocking New School Voucher Programs
Opposition to taking money away from public schools to fund voucher programs is an increasingly bipartisan stance.
View ArticleA Power Struggle in the Pine Tree State
Maine’s ballot initiative to make electricity a public good could set a national precedent for giving power to the people.
View ArticleFox Faces Scrutiny From the FCC
Regulators are hearing a petition to revoke the license of a Fox station in Philadelphia for airing misinformation.
View ArticlePeople Power Vs. the Far Right Education Movement
Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman talks about how to fight back against the far right’s movement to undermine public education.
View ArticleNorfolk Southern Wants to Buy Cincinnati’s Publicly-Owned Railroad
On November 7, voters will have a chance to stop the tracks from being privatized.
View ArticleThe Year When Unions Woke Up
Labor scholar Kate Bronfenbrenner explains how workers have helped usher in a new era of union militancy.
View ArticleChicago Is on the Brink of Passing a ‘Mansion Tax’
On March 19, residents will vote on a ballot initiative that would raise some real estate property transfer taxes to fund affordable housing, Glenn Daigon reports.
View ArticleIs a National Guaranteed Income on the Horizon?
There’s now strong evidence that giving direct cash support to low-income families greatly reduces poverty.
View ArticleCan Democrats Ride Ballot Initiatives to Victory?
The party realizes that progressive issues win voters, even when their candidates don’t.
View ArticleWill 2024 Be the Biggest Year Ever for Ranked-Choice Voting?
The new twist on traditional voting systems could upend the status quo.
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