The Teachers Striking in LA Won a Big Concession: More Nurses, Counselors, and Librarians
Alejandra Gurrola travels between three elementary schools in Los Angeles to work with students. Edwin Rios/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a rally Friday afternoon outside Los Angeles City Hall, Alejandra Gurrola stared out at a sea of teachers and supporters clad in red. She used to be…
Restoring Rights for 10 Percent of Potential Florida Voters
Phelan M. Ebenhack/The Washington Post Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. He did his time. Now, 14 years after being released from prison, Desmond Meade is registered to vote. Submitting his voter registration form last week, Meade described the moment as “very, very emotional.” And he has himself to thank: Meade led…
This HUD Official Just Found a Very Convenient Excuse to Delay Moving From Trump Plaza to Public Housing
A NYCHA resident uses buckets to catch leaking water.Seth Wenig/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lynne Patton, the Department of Housing and Urban Development official who was once a Trump family event planner, earned headlines and snark when she announced in November that she was going to move into public housing administered…
Six-Year-Old Moira is One of the Sickest People in America. So Why is North Carolina Trying to Gut Her Health Care?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A monster snowstorm had just walloped North Carolina, and the city of Greensboro careened to a halt. Families were home building fires, sticking carrot noses in snowmen, sipping mugs of hot cocoa. Dan Smith, though, was worried. When he awoke that morning in January 2018…
This Deep-Red State Decided to Make a Serious Investment in Preschools. It’s Paying Off Big-Time.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Alabama state senator Trip Pittman had always sort of questioned whether nursery schools were worth the investment. Pittman, a conservative Republican, figured the kinds of things you’re supposed to learn before kindergarten—washing your hands, tying your shoes, minding your manners—might best be taught by parents…
What It’s Like to Be a High School Senior and Lose Everything in the Worst Fire in California History
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Early on a recent Thursday morning, in the middle of a still-dark mall in Chico, California, a handful of high school students sat in a converted LensCrafters and worked on assignments for the end of the semester. They came from the nearby town of Paradise,…