Tag: education
Nation’s largest school strike: 30,000 Los Angeles public-school teachers walkout
The strike follows months of failed negotiations between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union to reach a deal for smaller class sizes, increased support staff along with pay raises.
California governor proposes nation’s longest paid family leave
Newsom and his administration proposed six months paid family leave, the nation's longest if approved.
30,000 LA teachers ‘strike ready’ as district refuses to spend $1.86...
"A strike is not a first resort for anyone. It's a last resort – especially for teachers who are asked to do more with less every day. And enough is enough."
Elizabeth Warren launches investigation into sudden collapse of for-profit college chain
Warren and several other senators demanded the Department take immediate steps to aid and protect students, veterans, and taxpayers in the wake of the significant collapse.
Trump administration releases new rules on school nutrition standards, rolls back...
Last week marked the first of many rollbacks the Trump administration and the USDA are planning on the way the USDA administers school lunch programs.
‘Time for a jubilee!:’ US student loan debt hits record $1.46...
The amount of U.S. student loan debt has more than doubled since 2009 and now sits at a record $1.47 trillion.
How Betsy DeVos does the Koch brothers’ bidding
What’s largely been overlooked behind all the lurid headlines and endless insults are all the ways in which officials like DeVos are quietly at work continuing to use our tax money to advance a deeply troubling agenda.
Teacher strike threat backs off ExxonMobil
Within hours of the union vote to strike, the company’s exemption bids were off the Board of Industry and Commerce’s agenda.
The Christian vacation camp where kids are taught by notorious climate...
And what are they being taught? Conspiracy theories about the United Nations (U.N.) and how climate change is a hoax.
Education wave that began in West Virginia sweeps nation
Chances are, that if teachers are fed up, many more others are too.
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Largest U.S. corporations paid 10.4% federal tax in 2025, ITEP finds
The study of 706 companies counted 114 that paid no current federal income tax and $198 billion in subsidies from rates below 21%
Insurers drop Medicare Advantage plans for 1 million seniors
KFF counted 193 counties with no Medicare Advantage drug plan open to general enrollment in 2027, up from 123 this year
How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement
Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.
Gaza newborn dies of hypothermia as Israel continues to block lifesaving aid
A two-week-old infant’s death amid winter storms underscores mounting warnings from UN agencies that blocked shelter, destroyed hospitals, and widespread hunger are making exposure deadly for Gaza’s youngest residents.
Greenhouse gases hit record highs in 2025, WMO says
Carbon dioxide reached 426.8 parts per million, up from 377.5 when the UN weather agency began its bulletin in 2004