Tag: Department of Education
3 questions that ‘created havoc’ in Betsy DeVos’ Department of Education
It’s actually been endemic in the education policy world for years, particularly in how the federal government continues to hide its agenda to further privatize the nation’s public school system by creating and expanding charter schools.
Federal judge rules against Education Department in student borrower protection cases
"This is such an important win for student borrowers and anyone who cares about a government that operates under the rule of law."
Betsy DeVos needs an education on ethics
The student loan sharks who prey on veterans and single moms have a friend in Trump's education secretary.
Accusations brought against Betsy DeVos’ Education Department for failing to negotiate...
“Secretary Betsy DeVos and her management team are attempting to strip employees of their collective bargaining rights and kill the union.”
Don’t trust business with education
Greasy politicians use education funds to enrich corporations – and themselves.
Betsy DeVos won’t protect LGBTQ students
“Today, the Secretary of Education ... refused to affirm that she would put forward a program that would ban discrimination based on the LGBTQ status of students or ban discrimination based on religion.”
The left is losing the war on education. Here’s how we...
After years of retreat, it’s time for a different tactic in the war on education.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Pentagon plan reveals standing military force for rapid deployment in US cities
Leaked documents show Trump administration proposal to create a permanent National Guard “quick reaction force” to quell domestic unrest, raising concerns over legality, militarization, and civil liberties.