LGBTQIA+

The Right’s Dark Plan for Trans-Affirming Teachers

Orion Rummler / The 19th Aug 28, 2024 Project 2025 calls for classifying educators who spread ‘transgender ideology’ as sex offenders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Labor

Major Union Contract Battles on the Horizon in 2024

Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Dec 27, 2023 2023 set the bar high for the labor movement as the fight for workers' rights continues into the new year. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Teachers Demonstrate How to Save America’s Public Services

By Sarah Lahm / Independent Media Institute Feb 28, 2020 Educators in St. Paul, Minnesota, may walk off the job in March in an effort to shift the politics over what the public funds. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

DeVos Proposes Tax Credit to Promote School Privatization

COLLIN BINKLEY / The Associated Press Feb 28, 2019 The education secretary describes the plan in terms that highlight "freedom" and school choice. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Teachers Are Rising Up to Resist Neoliberal Attacks on Education

Henry Giroux / Truthdig Feb 1, 2019 Not only do these teachers see education as deeply political, they also see it as a form of organized resistance. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Month: The Striking, and Winning, L.A. Teachers

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 31, 2019 The success of their high-stakes bid is all the more significant considering the tenor of the current moment. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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LAUSD Teachers’ Strike: Day 1

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Tens of Thousands of L.A. Teachers Cut Class to Strike

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jan 14, 2019 Some 30,000 striking teachers braved a downpour to tell school district officials about what needs to change before they'll return to class. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Fires Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2015 Emanuel has made an example of his city's top cop one week after the release of video footage showing the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by police Officer Jason Van Dyke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Gets Teachers Union Vote

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Jul 13, 2015 Perhaps the long-standing relationship between the president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, and a particular contender for the position of president of the U.S., Hillary Clinton, had something to do with that union's endorsement of Clinton for the White House. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Chicago Waking Up!

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 29, 2013 The people of Chicago are learning how to disturb, embarrass and block the ambitions of socially destructive politicians and corporate executives, Rick Perlstein of The Nation magazine reports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Mayor Rahm-Ney’s Attack on the Chicago Teachers Union

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 13, 2012 Unions are under attack in the United States -- not only from people like Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, but now, with the teachers strike in Chicago, from the very core of President Barack Obama's inner circle, his former chief of staff and current mayor of that city, Rahm Emanuel. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )