A Firsthand Look at Teachers Training to Pack Heat
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A muscular white man in his mid-40s with a buzz cut and a tight black shirt is barking directions at the crowd: “When you hear the whistle, we’re going to line up against the yellow line on the ground. We’re practicing stance, draw, aim…Stance, draw,…
Brett Kavanaugh’s History as a Judge Has Organized Labor Very Worried
Workers protest Kavanaugh’s nomination in Philadelphia.Pacific Press/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. With confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh scheduled for next week, labor groups have been arguing that he would bring dangerously anti-worker attitudes to the court and bolster already growing pro-employer sentiment on the bench.…
Taxes Down, Profits Up—But for Corporations, Not for You
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Educators Are Mad as Hell And They’re Teaching Republicans a Lesson
Elementary school principal Sherrie Conley talks with a voter at a bagel shop in Norman, Okla. Conley ousted a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary runoff election. Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of last night’s elections are proof that education is a powerful issue in states…
The New York Times Just Revealed Betsy DeVos’ Plan to Let Colleges off the Hook for Sexual Assault
Olivier Douliery/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering new rules on campus sexual misconduct that would change the definition of sexual harassment on college and university campuses and raise legal standards for proving that schools mishandled complaints about sexual assault and harassment, according to a report published Wednesday by…
Representation on the Small Screen: What Does It Mean to Feel Seen?
A scene from On My Block.Netflix Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As a young woman of color growing up in Stockton, California, I never really felt seen on TV shows. If I’m honest, I wasn’t looking for representation either: I had grown to accept mainstream media as predominantly white. Friends…