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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