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Colorado: Governor Polis Releases Tina Peters from Jail
Why Chief Justice John Roberts Should Be Removed
What Might Dr. Seuss Say About School Choice?
Scientists Protest Trump’s Firing of Every Member of the National Science Board
ABC: Trump Wants Treasury to Set Up $1.7 Billion Fund for Allies and Insurrectionists
What Does “86” Mean?
Worshipping at the Feet of The Great Donald
Why Have Test Scores Stagnated?
Trump Sued IRS for $10 Billion. How Much Will He Pay Himself?
Jennifer Rubin: Reasons for Optimism about U.S. Politics!
Jan Resseger: Rebuffing the Attacks on Teachers and Public Schools
ProPublica: When Parents Refuse Essential Vitamin K Shot, Babies May Die
Trump Lies About Vaccines and Babies
Lone Democratic Member of FCC Warns ABC About Plans to “Censor and Control” Media
John Merrow: AI Didn’t Kill Writing. The Testing Regime is the Culprit!
Trump Gives No-Bid Contract to Paint the Historic Reflecting Pool Blue
Nancy Bailey: Robert Sweet and the Making of the “Science of Reading”
Peter Green: Colorado Governor Endorses Schools That Discriminate
Trump’s “National Garden of Heroes”
John Thompson: Can We Control AI or Will It Control Us?
Denny Taylor: The Science of Reading is Behaviorism in a Digital Wrapper, Funded by For-Profit Corporations
Should Women’s Colleges Admit Trans Women?
Tennessee GOP Rushes to Eliminate Sole Majority-Black District
Should Foreign Investors Own Mainstream Media in the U.S.?
Why Is the Department of Justice Prosecuting a Leading Civil Rights Group?
Senator Mark Kelly: We Need Great Public Schools, Not Vouchers
A Brave Pastor Decries the Misuse of the Bible and His Faith
Teachers Are Assigning In-Class Writing to Avoid AI Essays
UNESCO Report on the Dangers of Ed-Tech: “An Ed-Tech Tragedy?”
NYC Parents and Activists Block “AI-themed” High School
Jared Cooney Horvath Tells Congressional Committee How Screen Time Impairs Learning
Sweden Cuts Back on Digital Learning, Emphasizes Books and Writing on Paper
Norway Abandons Ed-Tech, Embraces Books
Tennessee: Death Penalty for Women Who Have an Abortion?
How a Real Emergency Room Doctor Makes “The Pitt” Accurate and Real
Secretary of Energy’s Former Company Made Huge Profits, Paid No Taxes
U.S. Supreme Court Eviscerates Voting Rights Act
King Charles’ Speech to Congress
Hegseth Is Taking Control of Independent “Stars and Stripes,” a Military Publication
Why Did Washington Press Corps Invite Trump to Dinner?
ACT Scores Show No “Miracle”
Indiana: The Negative Effects of Holding Back Students
Paul Thomas: There Was No “Mississippi Miracle”
Trump’s Face and Signature on the New Passport?
ProPublica: Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors Whose Inaction Caused Pregnant Women to Die
Dan Rather: Trump’s War on Science Is Outrageous!
Shawgi Tell: In Minnesota, Charter Schools Frequently Fail and Close
Whose Rhetoric Incites Violence?
DeSantis Proposes Gerrymander to Eliminate 4 Democratic Seats
GOP Reacts to Saturday Night Chaos with Demand to “Build the Golden Ballroom!”
Jan Resseger: Linda McMahon Decides Which Federal Programs Live or Die, Not Congress
How to Get RICH Quick? Open a School in NC!
Miami-Dade Board Reluctantly Approves Five Schools for Controversial NYC Charter Chain
A Weekend Roundup from Meidas Plus
FBI Raids Home of Former Capitol Police Officer, Based on Tip from Rightwing Website
Trump, Trump, Trump: Thy Name Spells Vanity!
How Jared Kushner Became a Billionaire
Florida: A For-Profit Charter Firm Plans to Cash In on Public School Revenues
Joyce Vance: Trump Plans to Rig the 2026 Elections
The Recidivism Racket and Our Broken Prison System
Peter Greene: The Texas “Ten Commandments” Ruling Is Irreligious Baloney
Oklahoma: Where Laws and Court Decisions are Bought by the Richest
Texas: Why Is ICE Deporting This Woman?
Senator Kelly Introduces Bill to Roll Back Federal Vouchers
Federal Appeals Court Approves Texas Mandate of 10 Commandments in Every Classroom
How NOT to Celebrate the First Amendment!
An Activist in Indianapolis Mourns the Death of Public Schools
The Corporate Takeover of Public Schools in Indianapolis
The Court Decision Requiring U of Penn to Compile a List of Jews on Campus Is Wrong
Robert Reich: The Worst Justice in Modern Supreme Court History
The Complete and Total Corruption of the Florida Legislature
Peter Greene: Will Congress Pass a Federal “Science of Reading” Act?
New Hampshire: The Dirty Secret of Vouchers for All
Trump Loyalists Set Up Rigged Trial to Snare All His Enemies in One Grand Net
Robert Hubbell: The Debacle in the Negotiation with Iran
Chaos, Disruption and Corruption in D.C.
What’s the Deal with Iran? Is There a Deal?
Hegseth Promotes His “Holy War” and Denounces Journalists as Pharisees
Trump’s Monumental Arch to Himself
Money from the Middle East Will Underwrite Takeover of CNN and More
Federal Judge Again Halts Trump’s Grand Ballroom
Last Words from the Late Vivian Connell
Missouri: Judge Upholds State Voucher Program
Norm Eisen: These Trump Financial Deals Should Be Investigated
Texas: Politicians Fight to Exclude Islamic Schools from New Voucher Program
California Jury Acquits Man Who Threw a Tear Gas Canister Over the Heads of ICE Agents
Corporate Reformers Want to Revive Testing, Tough Accountability, as in NCLB, Race to the Top
Iran Mocks U.S. in Searing Short Videos
Adam Kinzinger: Who Silenced America?
Arizona: State Supt. Intervenes to Save Failing Charter School owned by Multi-Millionaire
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal
ICE Detains Foreign-Born Doctor in Texas Who Was Legally Admitted to U.S.
Tom Ultican: Billionaire Fads Are Undermining Schools
John Thompson: What Is the Best Way to Improve Oklahoma’s Public Schools?
Our President Chastises the Pope
Hungarian Voters Oust Viktor Orban!
Timothy Snyder and Phillips O’Brien on the War in Iran
Does This Explain Melania’s Strange Press Conference!
The Artemis II Astronauts Graduated from Public Schools! THANKS to their TEACHERS!
JD Vance: Master of Hypocrisy
Snopes: Did Melania Open a Can of Worms or Was She Trying to Get Ahead of the Story?
Viktor Orban’s Best Friends: Trump and Putin
Should White House Press Invite Enemies of a Free Press to Their Dinner?
Shawgi Tell: The Pace of Crime and Corruption in Charter Schools Continues
Judge J. Michael Luttig: The Beginning of the End of Trump’s Presidency?
Timothy Snyder: How to Foil a Coup Attempt
Oklahoma: Jewish Families Oppose Public Funding for a Religious Charter School
A Wonderful Conversation for You
Anne Applebaum: Does Trump Know What He is Doing?
Is the Trump Regime Planning to Restore a Military Draft?
A Cellphone-Free Childhood? This Irish Village Is Doing It
Timothy Snyder: Trump Threatens Genocide
Anand: The Worst Sentence Ever Spoken by an American President
Trump Says Federal Government Can’t Pay for Daycare, Medicare, Medicaid
Trump Finds New Ways to Put Your Money in His Bank Account
The 25th Amendment Won’t Save Us from the Mad King
Greetings from the Astronauts of Artemis 2!
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Is Not Well
John Thompson: Beware of the Effort to Revive the NCLB Punishments, by Stealth
Stephen Dyer: Ramaswamy Wants to Cripple Public Higher Education in Ohio
Retired Teacher: The Answer to All Complaints About Reading
Trump is Likely to Ignore Court Ruling Stopping Work on His Beloved Ballroom
Paul Thomas: The “Reading Crisis” Is Overblown
Denny Taylor: The “Science of Reading” Is a Hoax. Congress Should Not Mandate It.
North Carolina: Public School Parents React to Overturn of Leandro
North Carolina: Supreme Court Reverses Fair Funding Decision
There Is No “Science of Reading”
Trump Goes Ballistic After Judge Stops Work on His Garish Ballroom
Paul Waldman: Has Any Other President Done As Much to Damage the Economy?
Chromebook Remorse! The Tech Backlash Grows
Good News! Judge Rules that Trump Can Be Held Accountable for January 6
“You Are Awesome!”
A Very Funny Blog That You Should Read: Wonkette
A Song About Trump’s Education Policies: “We Believe in Local Control”
Trump Says He Was Shocked to Learn that Kristi Noem’s Husband is a Cross-Dresser
Bad News: Federal Judge Approves Trump Administration Request for List of Jews at U of Penn
Good News! One Judge Stops Construction on Trump’s Hideous Ballroom; Another Overturns Trump Order to Stop Funding PBS-NPR!
Adam Kinzinger: The Prospects in the Iran War Mess
Will Congress Mandate the “Science of Reading”
Vermont: Malign Rightwingers Target Public Schools
A Must-Watch Interview: Heather Cox Richardson and Timothy Snyder
Peter Greene: What You Need to Know About Plyler v. Doe and Why It Matters
Stephen Miller: Too Cruel for School?
The Trump Regime is a “Criminal Enterprise” and Must Be Held Accountable
When Trump Says “Nobody Knows,” Watch Out!
A New Declaration of Independence by an Angry Citizen: NO KINGS!
Trump’s Tenuous Relationship to Reality
Bernie Sanders: This is What Oligarchy Looks Like
“Trump is a Malignant Narcissist”
International Report: Democracy in the USA is in Jeopardy
Azar Nafisi: “When I Think of Iran, I Think of Light”
A Warning about Tech in the Classroom
Jennifer Rubin: The Republican Crack-Up
My Views on Mayoral Control of Public Schools in NYC
Paul Krugman: Treason in the Oil Markets
“The Pitt” is a Master Class in the Value of DEI
Peter Greene: Voucher Battle in Nebraska Sinks the State Budget
Underground Railroad Museum Sues Trump Administration for Canceling Grant
What One Iranian Thinks of Trump’s Threat to Wipe Out Power Grid
Tom Ultican: Grade Retention is a Popular “Remedy” That Hurts Students
Nancy Bailey: Why Are We Still Debating Retention? There Are Better Alternatives.
Peter Greene: Nebraska GOP Wants Vouchers, Even After Voters Rejected Them
The Meidas Report: A Media Phenomenon
Putting ICE in Place of TSA Won’t Work, Say Experts
Thom Hartmann: A Message to MAGA Voters: You Got Played
Audrey Watters: Who Benefits from AI? Not You.
David Sanger: No End in Sight to Trump’s War in Iran
Brian Stelter: Pete Hegseth Will Appeal Court Ruling that Favors Freedom of the Press
Joyce Vance on the Death of Robert Mueller
Olivia Troye: Our Government Is For Sale
Florida: Sociology Professors Rebel Against Censorship of Their Field
Treasury Department Expects to Make Two Coins with Trump’s Face on Them
Russia: Putin Defender Turns Against Him
Heather Cox Richardson Interviews Josh Cowen about Vouchers
The Century Foundation: The Federal Voucher Program is a Hoax and a Fraud
Jennifer Berkshire: The Collapsing Dream of Ed-Tech in the Schools
ProPublica Documents Conflicts of Interest among Trump Cabinet Members
Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of 1,000 Employees of Voice of America
Arkansas: Federal Judge Bans Display of 10 Commandnents in Public Schools
Joyce Vance: What Kristi Noem Accomplished!
Jess Piper: The Rural Folks We Send to War
Diverse Religious Groups in Texas Unite to Oppose Religion in Public Schools
Federal Judge Blocks RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Revisions–and His Appointments
Public High School Student IN New Jersey Scores Perfect 1600 on SAT
Chalkbeat: Retaining Third Grade Students Has Long-Term Negative Effects
Paul Thomas: More About the “Mississippi Miracle”
Press Freedom? What?
Easter & Passover Greetings!
FCC Chair Threatens to Revoke Licenses of Broadcasters that Express Negative War Coversge
Could Someone Please Sew Up This ICE Agent’s Pants?
Adam Kinzinger: We Stopped Feeding the World So We Could Buy Lobster for the Pentagon
Elon Musk’s DOGE Was a Flop
Thom Hartmann: Is Trump a KGB Agent?
Federal Judge Declares Trump Choice of Three Prosecutors to be Illegal
Inexcusable Incompetence!
Arkansas Increases Funding for Vouchers, a Bonanza for Kids in Private Schools
Dr. Mike DeGuire: The Public Doesn’t Want Vouchers. Why Are They Spreading?
Ohio: “Center for Christian Virtue” Starts Schools, Draws on Public Funds
Joyce Vance: Will We Normalize ICE Brutality?
An Iranian Dissident Woman Speaks Out
National Parks Scrub Historically Accurate Signs and Exhibits that Offend Trump
The Number of Billionaires Is Soaring, Thanks to Trump Tax Cuts!
Jan Resseger: Trump Administration Rolls Back Civil Rights Laws
Arizona: Home-Schoolers Used Voucher Money to Pay for Condoms, Jewelry, Video Games, Dog Training
Are Our Public Schools Creating Trump Voters or “Woke” Radicals?
Federal Judge Voids Mass Layoffs at Voice of America
Trump-Controlled Commission Delays His Gaudy Ballroom, Responding to Massive Public Opposition
Heather Cox Richardson: A Chaotic Few Days
Trump’s Insane War on Science
When a U.S. Citizen Was Wrongly Arrested by ICE…
Florida Legislature Planning a New Cash Subsidy for Charter Schools
The Very Important Texas Primaries: What’s Next?
Trump Aides Insert Citizenship Question into 2030 Census
John Thompson: Saving Science from Disinformation, Propaganda, and Lies
Two Hurrahs for Our Legal System!
Trump Administration Abruptly Reverses Its Decision to Stop Prosecuting Law Firms
Peter Greene: West Virginia Reduces Accountability for Private Schools That Get Public $$$
Trump Administration Drops Effort to Punish Major Law Firms
Erwin Chemerinsky: Trump’s War in Iran is Unconstitutional!
46 States Have Charter Schools But NOT South Dakota!
The Media Is Struggling to Cover Tehran
Anne Applebaum: Trump Has No Plan for the Iranian People
Joy in Iran!
Timothy Snyder: We Have No Purpose in Making War on Iran
Trump Attacks Iran
Hillary Clinton’s Fiery Statement to the House Oversight Committee
Trump at the Hockey Olympics Final
Greg Olear: Trump’s Name Appears in the Epstein Files 1 Million Times. This is What It Looks Like.
Timothy Snyder: Apocalypse Now, a Satire
Julian Vasquez-Heilig: When AI Becomes Your Boss
A Review of My Book in the Wellesley Magazine
Pennsylvania: Teenagers Arrested During Anti-ICE Protest Face Jail Time
Trump’s Partisan, Fact-Free State of the Union Address
New York Times Confirms that Files Are Missing from Epstein Data Dump
Jess Piper: Missouri Republicans Won’t Speak to the People They “Represent”
NPR: Missing Pages in Epstein Files Refer to Trump and Minors
Paul Krugman: Day 1461 of Putin’s Three-Day War
Joyce Vance: Judge Aileen Cannon “Lives in Trump’s Hip Pocket”
Andy Spears: Vouchers in Arizona Are a Morass of Fraud
The Most Gorgeous Ice Skating Events of the Olympics
Trump Says He’s Sending a Hospital Ship to Greenland, But There Is No Need and No Hospital Ship
Fifth Circuit Court Upholds Ten Commandments in Louisiana Public Schools
Stephen Dyer: Vouchers’ Growth in Ohio Will Be Their Demise
Trump’s Response to Supreme Court Decision on Tariffs
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s Ego Drives His Behavior
New Hampshire: The Legislative Push to Eliminate ALL Vaccine Requirements
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Charter Schools Unconstitutional!
Mercedes Schneider Reviews My Memoir
Trump Regime Will Close Down Weather & Climate Supercomputer in CO
Andy Borowitz: Will Pam Bondi Go to Prison?
Jesse Jackson: In His Own Words
Annie Andrews: There Is Only One Way to Stop the Spread of Measles
What RFK Jr. Has Done to Science in One Year
Remembering Jesse Jackson
CBS Cancels Stephen Colbert Interview of James Talarico
Trump Nominates White Extremist for High-Level Post in State Department
Colorado: Governor Polis Opts into Trump Voucher Plan
New Mexico Will Investigate Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
New Hampshire: Legislators Reject Testing for Voucher Students
Jeffrey Epstein’s Ranch in New Mexico Was Bought by Trump Ally
Thank You, Minneapolis, for Showing Us How Resistance Succeeds!
Jamie Raskin Visits an ICE Facility
John Thompson: Is It “Silly Season” or “Cruel Season” in Oklahoma as Legislature Reconvenes?
Arizona: Legislation Would Criminalize Librarians Who Recommend Banned Books
Zelensky Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize! But What About Trump?
Trump Reverses Climate Change Policies, Alarms Scientists
Pam Bondi Angrily Testifies, Democrats Eviscerate Her
Mississippi Kills Voucher Bill in 84 Seconds
Josh Cowen: Why Should the Public Pay Tuition at Religious Schools?
Bernie Sanders Speaks Out Against Vouchers
Tom Ultican: Leave Trans Kids Alone!
What Motivates Trump?
Stephen Dyer: GOP Sponsors a Bill That Will Screw Trump Voters
Peter Greene: Charter Operators Ask Federal Government for Another Handout
Nancy Bailey: Will School Choice Kill School Sports?
Part 2: The Kind of Schools We Need Right Now!
Julian Vasquez Heilig: Bad Bunny, Love, Family, Redemption, Recognition
The Kind of Schools That We Need Right Now
Stephen Dyer: Ohio Wants to Punish Districts That Joined a Lawsuit to Block Vouchers
Trump Is Selling Access to Him for $1 Million as Part of Nation’s 250th Celebration
Federal Appeals Court Endorses Trump’s Harsh Immigration Policy
After 40 Years as a Subscriber to The Washington Post, I Canceled My Subscription
Trump Posts Racist Video, Portraying Obamas as Apes
Ruth Marcus: Why I Left the Washington Post
Glenn Kessler: Jeff Bezos Runs the Washington Post for an Audience of One
Trump Promises to Fund Tunnel if Schumer Agrees to Name Penn Station and Dulles Airport for Him
Thom Hartmann on Trump’s New Grift
GOP Begins Rigging the Vote in 2026 and 2028
Denis Smith: Public Funding of Private Schools Fragments Our Culture
Trump’s Golden Statue Is Ready for Installation!
Minneapolis: What Kind of Nation Terrorizes Its Children?
Peter Greene: The Education of Diane Ravitch
Are Republicans the Party of Small Government?
Ann Telnaes: “Mendacity,” the Hit Movie
A Friend Remembers Renee Good
Trump Wants to Build a 250′ Arch to Mark Nation’s 250th Year
Tom Ultican: There is No “Crisis” in Math Education
Dan Rather: Do We Still Have a Constitution?
Our Free Press Under Attack!
Heather Cox Richardson: Stephen Miller and Echoes of the Confederacy
New Hampshire: Republicans Rachet Up their War on Public Schools
Federal Judge Refuses to Block Federal Surge in Minneapolis
Federal Judge in Texas Orders Release of 5-year-old and His Father
South Carolina: Major Measles Outbreak! Thanks, RFK JR.!
Minnesota: A Hero Judge
Trump and His Sons Sue IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion for Leak about His Taxes
The 74: New Report Finds “Science of Reading” is Weak on Teaching Comprehension
Minneapolis: Judge Orders ICE to Leave Lawful Immigrants Alone; Miller Pouts
King Donald the First!
Paul Thomas: Why You Should Never Believe in Education “Miracles”
Bruce Springsteen Writes a New Song: “The Streets of Minneapolis”
Nick Covington Interviews Me About My Memoirs
No, ICE May Not Enter Your Home Without a Judicial Warrant
John Thompson Reviews the Evidence About Mississippi’s “Miracle”
Mark Carney’s Speech at Davos
Trump’s Speech at Davos
Trump’s “Board of Peace” Hustle: Power-Grab and $$ Grab
Houston: Superintendent Mike Miles Helped Broker a $1 Million Deal with Charter Network
Federal Judge Says ICE May Not Break into Homes, Violate 4th Amendment
Obamas Issue Statement About Murder of Alex Pretti
Bill Clinton Issues a Statement About the Present Crisis
Stephen Dyer: The Shameful History of Ohio’s Charter Schools
Glenn Kessler: Lie After Lie After Lie
Alex Pretti: ICU Nurse and Patriot
Paul Krugman: Monsters
Victim Killed by ICE Was an Intensive Care Nurse
Another U.S. Citizen Killed by ICE in Minneapolis
Peter Greene: Will Mississippi Ditch Its “Miracle” by Endorsing Vouchers?
Federal Judge Questions Trump’s Demolition of East Wing and Cobstruction of Ballroom
At Davos: President of Finland Says Putin Is Losing in Ukraine
Thom Hartmann: The ICE Raids are Not About Immigration Enforcement. They Are About Racial Control.
The Idiocy of Seizing Greenland
Nancy Bailey: What Does “Billionaire Patriotism” Look Like?
Trump Gave a Boiler-Plate Stump Speech at Davos
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Is Not Well
WSJ: New Study Shows That U.S. Consumers Pay Tariffs, Not Other Nations
James Fallows: A Primer on Greenland
Massachusetts Rebuffs RFK Jr., Adopts Its Own Vaccination Schedule for Kids
My No-Good, Horrible Year!
Houston: Students and Teachers Flee HISD After State Takeover and Top-Down Reforms
Peter Greene: No Accountability for Cybercharters in North Carolina
Snopes: Claim by Vance an Noem that ICE Agent Fired in Self-Defense Rated Fake
Anne Applebaum on Trump’s Deranged Letter to European Leaders
Trump Sends Deranged Letter to European Leaders
The Context of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
A Conversation with Norman B of Tampa NPR About My Memoir
John Thompson: Bad, Failed Ideas Revived in Oklahoma
Paul Thomas: Research vs. “The Science of Reading”
Paul Krugman: The Madness of the Mad King
How Trump Policies Hurt Families
Jan Resseger: McMahon and the Death of the U.S. Education Department
Why Is the Justice Department Refusing to Investigate Killing of Renee Good?
Rick Wilson: The Entire Joint Chiefs of Staff Should Resign Over Greenland Plans
The Economist: After Maduro in Venezuela
U.S. Justice Department Will Investigate Renee Good and Her Widow, Not ICE Officer Who Killed Her
Heather Cox Richardson: How Fascists Gain Power
Margaret Hoover Interviews Elliot Abrams About Trump’s Errors in Invading Venezuela
Rachel Maddow Investigates the “Real Reason” that Trump Invaded Venezuela
Jennifer Berkshire: The Schools Are Failing! (Again!)
Heather Cox Richardson: Making Sense of the Past Week
Trump Says Civil Rights Laws Discriminate Against Whites
How Florida Cheats Public School Students By Lavishly Funding Kids in Non-Public Schools
MUST READ! Stephen Schmidt on Our Nazis
Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller: Voices of Evil
Becca Good, Wife of Renee Good, Releases a Statement About Her Death
Peter Greene: Judge Blocks West Virginia Charter Schools…Because…
Colorado: School Choice Is Theft of Public Funds
Carol Burris: Time to Fix Charter School Laws
Update on the Murder of Nicole Good
Trump Says Most Frightening Thing Ever to NY Times
“The 12 Days of Christmas,” Adapted to the Current Moment
Who Was Renee Nicole Good?
ProPublica: The Zealots Who Hate Public Schools Now Work in the U.S. Department of Education
The Cold-Blooded Murder of Renee Good
Republicans in Congress Decline to Change Name of Kennedy Center
Late Night Comics Explain Venezuela
Andy Spears: The Dangers of AI Schools
Robert Reich: Beware of Stephen Miller: Trump’s Bigot-in-Chief
Wyoming Supreme Court Overturns Abortion Bans
January 6: The Worst Day in U.S. History
Harvard President Blames Faculty Activism for Repression of Free Speech
Peter Greene: Ohio Slams Schools with an Unfunded Mandate
Parker Molloy Read Jack Smith’s Testimony So You Wouldn’t Have To
Heather Cox Richardson Speaks Out on the Lawlessness of Trump’s Strike on Venezuela
Heather Cox Richardson on Venezuela Invasion
Connecticut: The Happy Return of Play-Based Learning!
Why Do So Many Believe in Frauds and Hoaxes?
Jeff Bryant: The Death of Public Schools in Florida?
Richard Haas Assays U.S. Invasion of Venezuela
Trump Achieved Three Goals By Kidnapping Maduro
California: Federal Appeals Court Overturns Ban on Open Carry of Guns
North Carolina: A Charter School Goes Bankrupt
Jason Garcia: Florida May Enact a Bounty Hunter Law to Reduce Abortions
Ann Telnaes: What Happened After I Quit The Washington Post
Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge: Today!
Please Watch These Videos for Tips for 2026
Bernie Sanders: The World We Need and Deserve
Mitzi: This Year, We Lost a Beautiful Soul
Two Florida Editorial Boards Question Setting Aside a Day to Honor Charlie Kirk
Jess Piper: Not That Kind of White
Thom Hartmann: Trump Called His Critics “Scum.” I Am Not Scum. Are You?
Performers Protest Name Change at Kennedy Center by Cancelling
Trump Salutes Putin’s Commitnent to Peace as Zelensky Arrives in Mar-a-Lago
Jan Resseger: Is the Era of Civil Rights Enforcement Ending?
After Demolishing East Wing of White House, Trump Will Seek Approval from Agencies He Controls
Cruelty is not Part of the Christmas Spirit
Heritage Foundation Staffers Resign to Join Pence
What Should Mayor Mamdani Do to Improve NYC’s Public Schools?
Trump Posts Another Blast at His Enemies
Trump Sleeps in Heavenly Peace!
Trump’s Christmas Message: Unifying, Uplifting (NOT!)
White House: Santa Is an ICE Agent
Trump’s Christmas Gift to Us: Reviving Coal While Killing Clean Energy
Resistance: The Empty Manger
Merry Deportation Day!
Minneapolis: A Citizen Encounters ICE
White House Sends Christmas Greetings
On This Holy Day, Think About the Machinery of Cruelty All Around Us
Can Trump Send the National Guard to Cities or Not?
What Is “The Streisand Effect”?
Kushner and Witkoff Revive Plan for Posh Gaza Resort
Sharyn Alfonsi Gave This Advice to Aspiring Journalists at her Alma Mater
Dan Rather: Why CBS Censored Story About Inhumane Conditions in Terror Prison
Bloomberg News: Trump Is Reshaping the Economy
Andy Spears: “Reformers” Have Indianapolis Public Schools in Their Sights
Censored “60 Minutes” Program Posted on Reddit
Pulitzer Prize Board Fights Trump Lawsuit with Great Demand: Full Disclosure
Australia Bans Social Media for Children Under 16
Did This Exam Increase Suicide Rate for South Korean Youth?
The Scientific Breakthrough of the Year!
Texas: Why Not Monetize Everything?
Egomania Prevails: Board of Kennedy Center Renames It for Trump
Trump Administration Will Close Major Center for Research on Climate Change
Peter Greene: The Case for “Slow School”
Mark Green: Don’t Let Trump Hijack July 4. How to Resist.
Trump’s Illegal Demolition of the U.S. Department of Education
How Jeffrey Epstein Became Wealthy: The New York Times Investigates
Glenn Kessler: Trump’s Top Ten Lies of 2025
Trump Says Murder of Reiners Was All about Trump
Students Applying for College Must Be Wary of DEI!
Musk and Trump Have Blood on Their Hands After Canceling US AID
Why Indiana Refused to Redistrict to Help GOP Control the House in 2026
The War on Public Education Hurts the Most Vulnerable Students
Peter Greene: Today Is the Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre. Remember?
Justice Department Sues Fulton County, Georgia, In Effort to Prove that Trump Won in 2020, Not Biden
Florida: State Chief Trashes Public Schools, Lauds Voucher Schools, Despite Scandals
David French: Why the Laws of War Matter
John Thompson: A Stellar Review of AN EDUCATION
UCLA Report on Impact of ICE Raids: “The Fear Is Everywhere”
Andy Spears: Florida “Lost” 30,000 Students Who Took Voucher Money
Jeff Yass, the Billionaire Who Funds Vouchers
Heather Cox Richardson: Winning with Racism and Culture Wars
Carol Burris Interviews Me About My New Book
Steve Schmidt: The Hegseth Ethos
New Hampshire: Vouchers Are Robin Hood in Reverse
The 74: More Religious Charter Schools Apply for Public $$
Trump Did the Same Trick with His Florida Mortgages of Which He Accuses Letitia James, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Cook
Heather Cox Richardson on Pearl Harbor and Its Message for Today
NPE Releases a New Report on Charter Schools and Their Lack of Accountability
Trump Celebrates Himself: Me! Me!
Release the Video of The Boat Strikes! War Crime, Murder, or Neither?
RFK Jr. Endangers the Lives of Children with His Extremist, Anti-Vax Views
Florida: School Board Leaders Boo State Commissioner of Education
Why an Advocate of High-Stakes Testing and School Choice Did a 180
Supreme Court Okays Texas’ Gerrymandered Map; Tish James Wins in Court
Florida: Wife of GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Builds a For-Profit Charter School Empire
Peter Greene: Trump Is Not Sending Education Back to the States
Gary Rubinstein Reviews “An Education” with Gusto!
Trump Is Not Serious About Stopping the Flow of Drugs into the U.S.
Jennifer Rubin: “The Buck” Stops Somewhere Else
Atlanta: There Is No “Public School System”
Glenn Kessler: Finding the Facts in a World of Lies and Propaganda
Tom Ultican Reviews My New Book, with Some Personal Reflections
New Hampshire: Parents Complain that Voucher Program is a Scam
Our Pressure Cooker Schools Are Destroying Children and Childhood
Carol Burris: Another Religious Charter School Applies for Public Funding in Oklahoma, Backed by For-Profit Corporation
The 1991 Film About Trump That Was Banned
Happy Thanksgiving! Thoughts for 2025, Now
We Will Never Learn What Is in the Epstein Files
Andy Borowitz: The Story that Mainstream Media Won’t Touch–About “Katie Johnson”
RFK Jr. Quietly Hires Anti-Vax Extremist as #2 at CDC
Lisa Gonzalez: Generations of War and Bigotry
At the Root of Charter School Scandals: Lobbying for Money and Power
The Trump-Putin “Peace Plan” Spells Surrender for Ukraine
Pennsylvania Requires Public Schools to Adopt “Evidence-Based” Reading Programs
Tennessee: Parents’ Lawsuit Challenges Vouchers
What You Need to Know about New Orleans: The Stories Behind the Statistics
What Happened at the Lovefest at the Trump-Mamdani Press Conference
Trump Honors Crown Prince Bonesaw
How Did Zohran Mamdani Charm Trump?
Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration Undermines the Rights of Students and Teachers, Part 2.
Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration is Shutting Down the ED Department in Defiance of the Law–Part 1
Josh Cowen Interviews Me About My New Book
CDC Website Changed to Reflect RFK Jr. View of Vaccines and Autism
Olga Lautman: Russia Wrote Trump’s Peace Plan
Thom Hartmann: Destroying the Belief That White Men Are Entitled to Rule
Karen Attiah on the Murder of Kashoggi and Trump’s Embrace of His Murderer
Washington Post Exposes Secret Cabal That Plans to Make MAGA Permanent
Why the Federal Appeals Court Overturned Texas’ Racial Gerrymander
Jan Resseger: Trump’s Rush to Dismantle the Federal Government
Trump Moves to Shut Down US Departtnent of Education
When Jimmy Kimmel Interviewed George W. Bush
High School Graduate Beats His Government Teacher in County Election
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Should Be Investigated for Ignoring Epstein’s Sex Crimes
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New Hampshire: Voucher Program Grows Beyond Its Budget; 80% of Vouchers Used by Students Enrolled in Private Schools
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Andy Spears: New Group in Tennessee Seeks to Eliminate Public Schools
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Norman Rockwell Family Protests Trump’s Misuse of His Work to Promote Racist Agenda
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North Carolina: Legislature Expands Vouchers, Ignores Public Schools
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Glenn Kessler: Trump Team Politicizes the White House Website
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Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services
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Trump Demands That Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million for Investigating Him
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Trump’s “Compact” for Higher Education Flops; 7 of 9 Universities Reject It, So Far
New Hampshire Refuses to Pay to Educate Its Children
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Trump Flies Fighter Jet Across U.S., Spewing Feces on the American People
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Trump and McMahon Wipe Out Special Education Staff in Education Department
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Heather Cox Richardson: As Trump Destroys FDR’s Legacy, Symbols Matter
You Are Invited to Hear Me Talk About My New Book at the Brooklyn Public Library!
RFK Jr. Has a Problem with Jews
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MIT’s President Rejects Trump “Compact” to Abandon Academic Freedom
Kristi Noem Blocks Catholic Priest from Holding Communion for ICE Detainees
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M.I.T. Rejects Trump “Compact” That Offers Federal Money for Academic Freedom
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ProPublica: The Department of Education Wants to Destroy Public Schools
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ICE is Our Very Own Gestapo
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