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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
Stephen Dyer: How the Ohio Legislature Cheats the Majority of Students, Who Are Enrolled in PUBLIC Schools
Trump’s Shocking Destruction of the Department of Justice
Federal Judge Rules That Trump Regime Cannot Withhold $1.2 Billion from UCLA
Trump’s Decadent “Great Gatsby” Party at Mar-a-Lago While Poor People Go Hungry
Megyn Kelly Wondered if Epstein Was Really a Pedophile Because He Liked 15-Year-Olds, Not 5-Year-Olds
Shutdown Over, But Staff at Ed Department Still Threatened
Randy Rainbow Interviews Trump
Ohio: Voters Oust Culture Warriors in Many School Board Elections
Josh Cowen Interviews Gina Hinojosa, Who Is Running for Governor of Texas
Obama Surprises Veterans’ Honor Flight by Welcoming Them to D.C.
How Donald Trump Solved Healthcare (in His Brain)
John Thompson: Oklahoma Wants to Copy the “Mississippi Miracle” by Retaining 3rd Graders
Corporate Reformers Take Charge of National Governors Association, Undermine Public Schools
Mary Trump: Her Uncle on Veterans Day
New Hampshire: Voucher Program Grows Beyond Its Budget; 80% of Vouchers Used by Students Enrolled in Private Schools
Colorado: Voters Like Their Public Schools
Andy Spears: New Group in Tennessee Seeks to Eliminate Public Schools
Chalkbeat: Union-Backed Candidates Sweep Denver School Board, Beating Big-Money Charter Supporters
Norman Rockwell Family Protests Trump’s Misuse of His Work to Promote Racist Agenda
Watch PBS’s “The Rise of RFK Jr.” Learn Who He Is.
Why Justice Ketanji Jackson Brown Paused the Full Funding of SNAP
SCOTUS Pauses Order to Fully Fund SNAP
Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Federal Troops in Portland, Oregon
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Contract! Another Reason Mamdani Was Elected Mayor of NYC
Jan Resseger: Don’t Believe the Lies about State Control of Federal Funds
Justice J. Michael Luttig Denounces SCOTUS for Failing to Condemn Death Threats to Judges
Peter Greene: Arne Duncan Is Now Betsy DeVos
Podcaster Debra Shushan Interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum About Her Support for Zohran Mamdani
Pennsylvania: Democrats Sweep School Board Races, Ousting Extremists
Zohran Mamdani’s Inspiring Victory Speech
Why I Voted For Zohran Mamdani
Heather Cox Richardson: An Overview of Trump’s Latest Scams and Lies
Florida: Imprisoned Charter School Owner Seeks to Reduce Repayments to District He Cheated
Joseph Stiglitz: A Critical Moment for Democracy in the World
A Smart Interview About My New Book
Jamelle Bouie: The Constitution Prohibits a Third Term for Presidents
Peter Greene Reviews “An Education” in His Inimitable Style
Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Repeatedly Ignores and Defies the Law
Trump Is Renovating the Lincoln Bathroom
The Most Annoying Story of the Month About Schools
Thom Hartmann: Why Does the Shutdown Continue? Ask Senator Thune.
Heather Cox Richardson: Ominous Signs of Trump’s Use of the Military in Cities
North Carolina: Four “Home Schoolers” Found Dead; Father Arrested
President Ronald Reagan on the Benefits of Immigration
President Ronald Reagan on the Dangers of Tariffs
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is Partially Owned by Chinese Investors
Ian Bassin: Why You Must Not Despair, Even in the Darkest of Times
Play is Returning to Kindergarten!
North Carolina: Legislature Expands Vouchers, Ignores Public Schools
Cursive Writing Is Making a Comeback
Carol Burris: Revisiting the New Orleans Hoax
Nancy Flanagan Writes a Fine Review of My New Book
Which Federal Agencies Are Laying Off Employees?
Glenn Kessler: Trump Team Politicizes the White House Website
Is Trump Planning to Go to War Against Venezuela?
Reagan Opposed Tariffs; Trump Exploded When Canada Played the Tape!
With Ryan Walters Out, It’s a New Day for Education in Oklahoma
Ann Telnaes: Another Monument to Trump’s Megalomania (Magalomania)
Pastors for Texas Children Speak Out Against State Takeover of Fort Worth Public Schools
Glenn Kessler: Trump and the Destruction of Bonwit Teller’s Artistic Treasures
Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services
North Carolina: Vouchers Are Great for Religious Schools!
Texas Farmers Can’t Find Laborers to Work Their Fields
Nancy Bailey: Remembering Why There’s Special Education Law
Trump Demands That Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million for Investigating Him
Trump Chaos as Usual
My Memoirs Are Now in Print!
Trump Demolishes East Wing of the White House. This Makes Me Sick!
Trump’s “Compact” for Higher Education Flops; 7 of 9 Universities Reject It, So Far
New Hampshire Refuses to Pay to Educate Its Children
Republican Leaders Share Racist, Anti-Semitic, Sexist Jibes; JD Vance Doesn’t Care
How a Cyber Charter Struck Back When It Was Fired by a School District in New Mexico
Trump Flies Fighter Jet Across U.S., Spewing Feces on the American People
White House Posts Video of Trump Dumping Feces on #NoKings Rallies
#NoKings Day in Brooklyn
Three More Universities Reject Trump’s “Compact”
Dan Rather: Show Up and Speak Out!
When Science Is Stranger Than Fiction
Jennifer Rubin: Why Donald Trump Will Never Win the Nobel Peace Prize
Join a “NO KINGS” Rally Tomorrow
Trump and McMahon Wipe Out Special Education Staff in Education Department
Tell Linda McMahon What You Think of “Patriotic Education”
Ed Johnson’s Fascinating Exchange with AI About the Hypocrisy of Charter Schools
Azar Nafisi Will Speak at Wellesley College on October 29! You Are Invited to Attend!
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
Arkansas: 88% of Students Who Use Vouchers Never Attended Public Schools
John Thompson on Hanna Rosin’s Podcasts about Oklahoma Education, Part II
John Thompson Reviews Hanna Rosin’s Report on the Education Mess in Oklahoma: Part 1
MIT’s President Rejects Trump “Compact” to Abandon Academic Freedom
Kristi Noem Blocks Catholic Priest from Holding Communion for ICE Detainees
A Delightful, Wise Post by Greg Olear: “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff”
M.I.T. Rejects Trump “Compact” That Offers Federal Money for Academic Freedom
Mike DeGuire: The Big Money Behind the Denver School Board Election
“Trump Country Is Going Broke”
Another Russian Tycoon Falls Out of His Window to His Death
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Overwhelming Majority of Mass Shootings Are by Males
ProPublica: The Department of Education Wants to Destroy Public Schools
Paul Offit: RFK Jr.’s Obsessions Threaten the Lives of Children
Jack Hassard: What Happens When You Can’t Trust Government Data?
The Trump Cabal’s “Compact” to Stamp Out Academic Freedom
The Ultimate Debunking of the New Orleans Myth: The Human Toll on Black Students
ICE is Our Very Own Gestapo
Greg Olear: “F*** Them Kids!”
Curtis Yarvin is Engaging in Two Debates at Yale
Trump Adminstration Asks MIT to Abandon Academic Freedom to Secure Funding
Julian Vasquez Heilig: The Cultural Significance of Bad Bunny Hosting the NFL Half-Time
Trump’s Attack on Museums and History Is Fascist Capture of the Culture
No, Trump Can’t Send in the Military Whenever He Wishes
A Veteran Reacts to Trump and Hegseth Speeches to Top Brass in the Military
The First Review of My New Book!
Hegseth’s Hypocrisy on Military Standards for Fitness and Facial Hair
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Charlie Kirk and the Mainstreaming of His Hateful Ideology
What Jane Goodall Taught Us: The Wisdom We Need Now
The GOP’s Shameful Attack on Public Schools
Jennifer Berkshire: The New Orleans Hoax Rises Again
I Am Anti-Fascist.
Paul Offit: Is RFK Jr. an Alien?
Trump Administration Plans Ban on All Federal Grants to Harvard…or Are They Close to a Deal?
Hegseth and Trump Are Greeted with Stony Silence by Military Leaders