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December 2025

  1. Please Watch These Videos for Tips for 2026
  2. Bernie Sanders: The World We Need and Deserve
  3. Mitzi: This Year, We Lost a Beautiful Soul
  4. Two Florida Editorial Boards Question Setting Aside a Day to Honor Charlie Kirk
  5. Jess Piper: Not That Kind of White
  6. Thom Hartmann: Trump Called His Critics “Scum.” I Am Not Scum. Are You?
  7. Performers Protest Name Change at Kennedy Center by Cancelling
  8. Trump Salutes Putin’s Commitment to Peace as Zelensky Arrives in Mar-a-Lago
  9. Jan Resseger: Is the Era of Civil Rights Enforcement Ending?
  10. After Demolishing East Wing of White House, Trump Will Seek Approval from Agencies He Controls
  11. Cruelty is not Part of the Christmas Spirit
  12. Heritage Foundation Staffers Resign to Join Pence
  13. What Should Mayor Mamdani Do to Improve NYC’s Public Schools?
  14. Trump Posts Another Blast at His Enemies
  15. Trump Sleeps in Heavenly Peace!
  16. Trump’s Christmas Message: Unifying, Uplifting (NOT!)
  17. White House: Santa Is an ICE Agent
  18. Trump’s Christmas Gift to Us: Reviving Coal While Killing Clean Energy
  19. Resistance: The Empty Manger
  20. Merry Deportation Day!
  21. Minneapolis: A Citizen Encounters ICE
  22. White House Sends Christmas Greetings
  23. On This Holy Day, Think About the Machinery of Cruelty All Around Us
  24. Can Trump Send the National Guard to Cities or Not?
  25. What Is “The Streisand Effect”?
  26. Kushner and Witkoff Revive Plan for Posh Gaza Resort
  27. Sharyn Alfonsi Gave This Advice to Aspiring Journalists at her Alma Mater
  28. Dan Rather: Why CBS Censored Story About Inhumane Conditions in Terror Prison
  29. Bloomberg News: Trump Is Reshaping the Economy
  30. Andy Spears: “Reformers” Have Indianapolis Public Schools in Their Sights
  31. Censored “60 Minutes” Program Posted on Reddit
  32. Pulitzer Prize Board Fights Trump Lawsuit with Great Demand: Full Disclosure
  33. Australia Bans Social Media for Children Under 16
  34. Did This Exam Increase Suicide Rate for South Korean Youth?
  35. The Scientific Breakthrough of the Year!
  36. Texas: Why Not Monetize Everything?
  37. Egomania Prevails: Board of Kennedy Center Renames It for Trump
  38. Trump Administration Will Close Major Center for Research on Climate Change
  39. Peter Greene: The Case for “Slow School”
  40. Mark Green: Don’t Let Trump Hijack July 4. How to Resist.
  41. Trump’s Illegal Demolition of the U.S. Department of Education
  42. How Jeffrey Epstein Became Wealthy: The New York Times Investigates
  43. Glenn Kessler: Trump’s Top Ten Lies of 2025
  44. Trump Says Murder of Reiners Was All about Trump
  45. Students Applying for College Must Be Wary of DEI!
  46. Musk and Trump Have Blood on Their Hands After Canceling US AID
  47. Why Indiana Refused to Redistrict to Help GOP Control the House in 2026
  48. The War on Public Education Hurts the Most Vulnerable Students
  49. Peter Greene: Today Is the Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Massacre. Remember?
  50. Justice Department Sues Fulton County, Georgia, In Effort to Prove that Trump Won in 2020, Not Biden
  51. Florida: State Chief Trashes Public Schools, Lauds Voucher Schools, Despite Scandals
  52. David French: Why the Laws of War Matter
  53. John Thompson: A Stellar Review of AN EDUCATION
  54. UCLA Report on Impact of ICE Raids: “The Fear Is Everywhere”
  55. Andy Spears: Florida “Lost” 30,000 Students Who Took Voucher Money
  56. Jeff Yass, the Billionaire Who Funds Vouchers
  57. Heather Cox Richardson: Winning with Racism and Culture Wars
  58. Carol Burris Interviews Me About My New Book
  59. Steve Schmidt: The Hegseth Ethos
  60. New Hampshire: Vouchers Are Robin Hood in Reverse
  61. The 74: More Religious Charter Schools Apply for Public $$
  62. Trump Did the Same Trick with His Florida Mortgages of Which He Accuses Letitia James, Adam Schiff, and Lisa Cook
  63. Heather Cox Richardson on Pearl Harbor and Its Message for Today
  64. NPE Releases a New Report on Charter Schools and Their Lack of Accountability
  65. Trump Celebrates Himself: Me! Me!
  66. Release the Video of The Boat Strikes! War Crime, Murder, or Neither?
  67. RFK Jr. Endangers the Lives of Children with His Extremist, Anti-Vax Views
  68. Florida: School Board Leaders Boo State Commissioner of Education
  69. Why an Advocate of High-Stakes Testing and School Choice Did a 180
  70. Supreme Court Okays Texas’ Gerrymandered Map; Tish James Wins in Court
  71. Florida: Wife of GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Builds a For-Profit Charter School Empire
  72. Peter Greene: Trump Is Not Sending Education Back to the States
  73. Gary Rubinstein Reviews “An Education” with Gusto!
  74. Trump Is Not Serious About Stopping the Flow of Drugs into the U.S.
  75. Jennifer Rubin: “The Buck” Stops Somewhere Else
  76. Atlanta: There Is No “Public School System”
  77. Glenn Kessler: Finding the Facts in a World of Lies and Propaganda
  78. Tom Ultican Reviews My New Book, with Some Personal Reflections
  79. New Hampshire: Parents Complain that Voucher Program is a Scam
  80. Our Pressure Cooker Schools Are Destroying Children and Childhood
  81. Carol Burris: Another Religious Charter School Applies for Public Funding in Oklahoma, Backed by For-Profit Corporation

November 2025

  1. The 1991 Film About Trump That Was Banned
  2. Happy Thanksgiving! Thoughts for 2025, Now
  3. We Will Never Learn What Is in the Epstein Files
  4. Andy Borowitz: The Story that Mainstream Media Won’t Touch–About “Katie Johnson”
  5. RFK Jr. Quietly Hires Anti-Vax Extremist as #2 at CDC
  6. Lisa Gonzalez: Generations of War and Bigotry
  7. At the Root of Charter School Scandals: Lobbying for Money and Power
  8. The Trump-Putin “Peace Plan” Spells Surrender for Ukraine
  9. Pennsylvania Requires Public Schools to Adopt “Evidence-Based” Reading Programs
  10. Tennessee: Parents’ Lawsuit Challenges Vouchers
  11. What You Need to Know about New Orleans: The Stories Behind the Statistics
  12. What Happened at the Lovefest at the Trump-Mamdani Press Conference
  13. Trump Honors Crown Prince Bonesaw
  14. How Did Zohran Mamdani Charm Trump?
  15. Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration Undermines the Rights of Students and Teachers, Part 2.
  16. Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration is Shutting Down the ED Department in Defiance of the Law–Part 1
  17. Josh Cowen Interviews Me About My New Book
  18. CDC Website Changed to Reflect RFK Jr. View of Vaccines and Autism
  19. Olga Lautman: Russia Wrote Trump’s Peace Plan
  20. Thom Hartmann: Destroying the Belief That White Men Are Entitled to Rule
  21. Karen Attiah on the Murder of Kashoggi and Trump’s Embrace of His Murderer
  22. Washington Post Exposes Secret Cabal That Plans to Make MAGA Permanent
  23. Why the Federal Appeals Court Overturned Texas’ Racial Gerrymander
  24. Jan Resseger: Trump’s Rush to Dismantle the Federal Government
  25. Trump Moves to Shut Down US Department of Education
  26. When Jimmy Kimmel Interviewed George W. Bush
  27. High School Graduate Beats His Government Teacher in County Election
  28. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi Should Be Investigated for Ignoring Epstein’s Sex Crimes
  29. Stephen Dyer: How the Ohio Legislature Cheats the Majority of Students, Who Are Enrolled in PUBLIC Schools
  30. Trump’s Shocking Destruction of the Department of Justice
  31. Federal Judge Rules That Trump Regime Cannot Withhold $1.2 Billion from UCLA
  32. Trump’s Decadent “Great Gatsby” Party at Mar-a-Lago While Poor People Go Hungry
  33. Megyn Kelly Wondered if Epstein Was Really a Pedophile Because He Liked 15-Year-Olds, Not 5-Year-Olds
  34. Shutdown Over, But Staff at Ed Department Still Threatened
  35. Randy Rainbow Interviews Trump
  36. Ohio: Voters Oust Culture Warriors in Many School Board Elections
  37. Josh Cowen Interviews Gina Hinojosa, Who Is Running for Governor of Texas
  38. Obama Surprises Veterans’ Honor Flight by Welcoming Them to D.C.
  39. How Donald Trump Solved Healthcare (in His Brain)
  40. John Thompson: Oklahoma Wants to Copy the “Mississippi Miracle” by Retaining 3rd Graders
  41. Corporate Reformers Take Charge of National Governors Association, Undermine Public Schools
  42. Mary Trump: Her Uncle on Veterans Day
  43. New Hampshire: Voucher Program Grows Beyond Its Budget; 80% of Vouchers Used by Students Enrolled in Private Schools
  44. Colorado: Voters Like Their Public Schools
  45. Andy Spears: New Group in Tennessee Seeks to Eliminate Public Schools
  46. Chalkbeat: Union-Backed Candidates Sweep Denver School Board, Beating Big-Money Charter Supporters
  47. Norman Rockwell Family Protests Trump’s Misuse of His Work to Promote Racist Agenda
  48. Watch PBS’s “The Rise of RFK Jr.” Learn Who He Is.
  49. Why Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Paused the Full Funding of SNAP
  50. SCOTUS Pauses Order to Fully Fund SNAP
  51. Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Federal Troops in Portland, Oregon
  52. Musk Wins $1 Trillion Contract! Another Reason Mamdani Was Elected Mayor of NYC
  53. Jan Resseger: Don’t Believe the Lies about State Control of Federal Funds
  54. Justice J. Michael Luttig Denounces SCOTUS for Failing to Condemn Death Threats to Judges
  55. Peter Greene: Arne Duncan Is Now Betsy DeVos
  56. Podcaster Debra Shushan Interviews Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum About Her Support for Zohran Mamdani
  57. Pennsylvania: Democrats Sweep School Board Races, Ousting Extremists
  58. Zohran Mamdani’s Inspiring Victory Speech
  59. Why I Voted For Zohran Mamdani
  60. Heather Cox Richardson: An Overview of Trump’s Latest Scams and Lies
  61. Florida: Imprisoned Charter School Owner Seeks to Reduce Repayments to District He Cheated
  62. Joseph Stiglitz: A Critical Moment for Democracy in the World
  63. A Smart Interview About My New Book
  64. Jamelle Bouie: The Constitution Prohibits a Third Term for Presidents
  65. Peter Greene Reviews “An Education” in His Inimitable Style
  66. Trump Is Renovating the Lincoln Bathroom
  67. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Repeatedly Ignores and Defies the Law
  68. The Most Annoying Story of the Month About Schools
  69. Thom Hartmann: Why Does the Shutdown Continue? Ask Senator Thune.

October 2025

  1. Heather Cox Richardson: Ominous Signs of Trump’s Use of the Military in Cities
  2. North Carolina: Four “Home Schoolers” Found Dead; Father Arrested
  3. President Ronald Reagan on the Benefits of Immigration
  4. President Ronald Reagan on the Dangers of Tariffs
  5. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is Partially Owned by Chinese Investors
  6. Ian Bassin: Why You Must Not Despair, Even in the Darkest of Times
  7. Play is Returning to Kindergarten!
  8. North Carolina: Legislature Expands Vouchers, Ignores Public Schools
  9. Cursive Writing Is Making a Comeback
  10. Carol Burris: Revisiting the New Orleans Hoax
  11. Nancy Flanagan Writes a Fine Review of My New Book
  12. Which Federal Agencies Are Laying Off Employees?
  13. Glenn Kessler: Trump Team Politicizes the White House Website
  14. Is Trump Planning to Go to War Against Venezuela?
  15. Reagan Opposed Tariffs; Trump Exploded When Canada Played the Tape!
  16. With Ryan Walters Out, It’s a New Day for Education in Oklahoma
  17. Ann Telnaes: Another Monument to Trump’s Megalomania (Magalomania)
  18. Trump and McMahon Illegally Undermine Special Education Services
  19. Pastors for Texas Children Speak Out Against State Takeover of Fort Worth Public Schools
  20. Glenn Kessler: Trump and the Destruction of Bonwit Teller’s Artistic Treasures
  21. North Carolina: Vouchers Are Great for Religious Schools!
  22. Texas Farmers Can’t Find Laborers to Work Their Fields
  23. Nancy Bailey: Remembering Why There’s Special Education Law
  24. Trump Demands That Justice Department Pay Him $230 Million for Investigating Him
  25. Trump Chaos as Usual
  26. My Memoirs Are Now in Print!
  27. Trump Demolishes East Wing of the White House. This Makes Me Sick!
  28. Trump’s “Compact” for Higher Education Flops; 7 of 9 Universities Reject It, So Far
  29. New Hampshire Refuses to Pay to Educate Its Children
  30. Republican Leaders Share Racist, Anti-Semitic, Sexist Jibes; JD Vance Doesn’t Care
  31. How a Cyber Charter Struck Back When It Was Fired by a School District in New Mexico
  32. Trump Flies Fighter Jet Across U.S., Spewing Feces on the American People
  33. White House Posts Video of Trump Dumping Feces on #NoKings Rallies
  34. #NoKings Day in Brooklyn
  35. Three More Universities Reject Trump’s “Compact”
  36. Dan Rather: Show Up and Speak Out!
  37. When Science Is Stranger Than Fiction
  38. Jennifer Rubin: Why Donald Trump Will Never Win the Nobel Peace Prize
  39. Join a “NO KINGS” Rally Tomorrow
  40. Trump and McMahon Wipe Out Special Education Staff in Education Department
  41. Tell Linda McMahon What You Think of “Patriotic Education”
  42. Ed Johnson’s Fascinating Exchange with AI About the Hypocrisy of Charter Schools
  43. Azar Nafisi Will Speak at Wellesley College on October 29! You Are Invited to Attend!
  44. Heather Cox Richardson: As Trump Destroys FDR’s Legacy, Symbols Matter
  45. You Are Invited to Hear Me Talk About My New Book at the Brooklyn Public Library!
  46. RFK Jr. Has a Problem with Jews
  47. Arkansas: 88% of Students Who Use Vouchers Never Attended Public Schools
  48. John Thompson on Hanna Rosin’s Podcasts about Oklahoma Education, Part II
  49. John Thompson Reviews Hanna Rosin’s Report on the Education Mess in Oklahoma: Part 1
  50. MIT’s President Rejects Trump “Compact” to Abandon Academic Freedom
  51. Kristi Noem Blocks Catholic Priest from Holding Communion for ICE Detainees
  52. A Delightful, Wise Post by Greg Olear: “Terence, This is Stupid Stuff”
  53. M.I.T. Rejects Trump “Compact” That Offers Federal Money for Academic Freedom
  54. Mike DeGuire: The Big Money Behind the Denver School Board Election
  55. “Trump Country Is Going Broke”
  56. Another Russian Tycoon Falls Out of His Window to His Death
  57. Venezuelan Opposition Leader Wins Nobel Peace Prize
  58. Overwhelming Majority of Mass Shootings Are by Males
  59. ProPublica: The Department of Education Wants to Destroy Public Schools
  60. Paul Offit: RFK Jr.’s Obsessions Threaten the Lives of Children
  61. Jack Hassard: What Happens When You Can’t Trust Government Data?
  62. The Trump Cabal’s “Compact” to Stamp Out Academic Freedom
  63. The Ultimate Debunking of the New Orleans Myth: The Human Toll on Black Students
  64. ICE is Our Very Own Gestapo
  65. Greg Olear: “F*** Them Kids!”
  66. Curtis Yarvin is Engaging in Two Debates at Yale
  67. Trump Adminstration Asks MIT to Abandon Academic Freedom to Secure Funding
  68. Julian Vasquez Heilig: The Cultural Significance of Bad Bunny Hosting the NFL Half-Time
  69. Trump’s Attack on Museums and History Is Fascist Capture of the Culture
  70. No, Trump Can’t Send in the Military Whenever He Wishes
  71. A Veteran Reacts to Trump and Hegseth Speeches to Top Brass in the Military
  72. The First Review of My New Book!
  73. Hegseth’s Hypocrisy on Military Standards for Fitness and Facial Hair
  74. Nikole Hannah-Jones: Charlie Kirk and the Mainstreaming of His Hateful Ideology
  75. What Jane Goodall Taught Us: The Wisdom We Need Now
  76. The GOP’s Shameful Attack on Public Schools
  77. Jennifer Berkshire: The New Orleans Hoax Rises Again
  78. I Am Anti-Fascist.
  79. Paul Offit: Is RFK Jr. an Alien?
  80. Trump Administration Plans Ban on All Federal Grants to Harvard…or Are They Close to a Deal?
  81. Hegseth and Trump Are Greeted with Stony Silence by Military Leaders

September 2025

  1. Leonie Haimson: Mamdani vs. Cuomo vs. Sliwa for Mayor of New York City
  2. Peter Greene: The Queen of Charter Schools in Florida
  3. The False Promise of Digital “Learning”
  4. Heather Cox Richardson: What Really Happened at Wounded Knee
  5. Trump Plans to Award Research Grants to Universities That Endorse His Values
  6. Success Academy Is Opening “No Excuses” Charters in Florida
  7. Trump is Our King George: What Would the Founders Say?
  8. Which Troops Will Trump Send to Portland, Oregon?
  9. Trump Orders Troops to Portland, Oregon
  10. We Have Lost a Dear Friend: David C. Berliner
  11. Josh Cowen Is Running for Congress as a Champion for Public Schools!
  12. Leonie Haimson: Time to Audit Success Academy!
  13. When Did the Republican Party abandon Its Commitment to Local Control?
  14. John Thompson on Ryan Walters, MAGA Zealot
  15. John Merrow: Beware the Terrorist Teachers!
  16. Florida Approves Vast Expansion of Charter Schools
  17. Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Firebrand State Superintendent, Resigns
  18. Tiffany Trump and Her Husband Cruised on an Oil Magnate’s Super-Yacht As His Papa Negotiated Oil Deals
  19. The Failure of “School Choice” in Denver
  20. NOLA Parent: After 20 Years of “Ed Reform,” a $1 Billion Failure
  21. House Republicans Plan to Recast January 6 to Absolve Trump
  22. Glenn Kessler Fact-Checks Trump’s Speech at the UN
  23. Trump Excoriates the United Nations, Praises Himself, Mocks Climate Change
  24. Kristi Noem Oversaw as ICE Broke into a Home at 5:30 AM and Arrested 2 U.S. Citizens
  25. John Thompson: How to Understand the Conflicting NOLA Narratives
  26. Why Authoritarians Fear Comedians
  27. Trump and RFK Jr. Spread Lies about Science
  28. Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire Last Democrat on Federal Trade Commission—Without Cause
  29. Disney Announces that Jimmy Kimmel Will Return Tomorrow!
  30. CNN Staff Are Worried by Potential Sale to Partisan Billionaire
  31. Will One Billionaire Own CBS and CNN?
  32. Ta-Nehisi Coates Examines Charlie Kirk’s Bigotry
  33. Idaho: Parents Sue to Block Vouchers. Leading Newspaper Agrees
  34. Heather Cox Richardson: Is the Tide Turning? Could Be.
  35. Trump Justice Department Killed Investigation of Border Czar Tom Homan for Taking $50,000 Cash Bribe
  36. Trump Fires US Attorney for Eastern Virginia for Failing to Prosecute Letitia James
  37. Trump Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
  38. Stephen Colbert Responds to Kimmel Affair with Hilarious Video
  39. Trump Family Cashes in on Two Big Deals, Involving United Arab Emirates
  40. RFK Jr. Vaccine Committee Revises Schedule, in Chaotic Meeting
  41. Texas Superintendent Goes Viral in Defense of Teachers, Books, and Public Schools!
  42. Trump Mob Cancels Jimmy Kimmel
  43. Department of Education Will Violate Federal Law by Joining with Right-Wing Groups to Create a Civics Curriculum
  44. Trump Goes to War….Against American Cities
  45. Kathleen West: I’m Having Some Thoughts About Teaching
  46. Florida: “We Have Accountability for Food Stamps, Why Not for School Vouchers?”
  47. Texas: Will Vouchers Kill Rural Schools?
  48. Two Federal Judges Block Trump Effort to Exclude Undocumented Children from Headstart
  49. Richard Rothstein: The Soft Bigotry of High Expectations
  50. Fascism Alert! JD Vance and Stephen Miller Describe Plans to Crack Down on Liberal Groups as “Domestic Terrorists”
  51. Trump Officials Order Removal of Signage and Exhibits about Slavery at Federal Sites
  52. The Campaign to Punish Those Who Did Not Mourn Charlie Kirk’s Death
  53. Jamelle Bouie: I Mourn Charlie’s Death But Not His Ideology
  54. Thom Hartmann: The “Both Sides” Scam Fuels Extremism
  55. Charlie Kirk Was the Voice of MAGA
  56. Trump is a Divider Who Won’t Even Try to Unite Us
  57. The Biggest Liar in Texas
  58. Texas: Some of the Worst-Performing Charters have Some of the Highest-Paid Superintendents
  59. Wyoming: The Fight Against Vouchers Continues
  60. Trump’s Tariffs and Foreign Policy are a Disaster for U.S.
  61. Glenn Kessler: Trump Is the Master of Bullshit
  62. Trump Will Restore Prayer in the Schools
  63. Charlie Kirk, Political Violence, and Gun Control
  64. Why America Still Needs Public Schools
  65. Susan B. Glasser: Trump’s Losing Streak in Federal Courts Continues
  66. Greg Olear: Defying Trump: Lessons from 1933. Part One.
  67. The Atlantic: Other World Leaders Laugh at Trump
  68. Thom Hartmann: Trump Orders Murder of 11 People on a Boat in International Waters
  69. Denver: Will Dark Money Buy the School Board?
  70. Fascism Alert! SCOTUS Allows Trump’s “Roving Patrols” of ICE
  71. The Courts Are Striking Down Trump’s Illegal Orders; What Will the Supreme Court Do?
  72. Sacramento: How Could a Charter School Misuse $180 Million in Two Years?
  73. Mercedes Schneider Reviews A Powerful New Book
  74. Thomas Ultican: The Curious Origin of the “Oakland Public Education Fund”
  75. Musician Jack White Answers Trump Insults
  76. “We Have Become an Authoritarian State, and Our Major Newsrooms Are in Denial”
  77. RFK Jr. Testifies Before Congressional Committee
  78. Jess Piper on “Dust-Licking Pimps”
  79. NYC: Debate Transformed a Low-Performing Middle School, Whose Team Won National Championship
  80. Bernie Sanders: RFK Jr. Must Resign!
  81. Florida Eliminates All Vaccine Requirements for School Children
  82. Florida: DeSantis Criminalizes Street Art
  83. DOJ Lawyer Accused Harvard of “Indifference to Anti-Semitism.” As an Undergraduate, He Wrote a Paper from Hitler’s View
  84. Pastors for Texas Children Speak Out Against the Harm of Standardized Testing
  85. John Thompson: Will Oklahoma Test Students on Their Knowledge of Christian Nationalism?
  86. Some of the Artworks That Trump Will Remove from the Smithsonian
  87. Jan Resseger: Federal Courts Block Trump Efforts to Abolish Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  88. Congress Slashed Funding for Public Schools. They Lied! Protest!
  89. Former Directors of the CDC: RFK Jr. Endangers Public Health!
  90. Why is Trump Destroying the Foreign Service?
  91. Jennifer Berkshire: Is Public Education Over?
  92. There Was No “Miracle” in New Orleans
  93. The GOP Death March, Led by RFK Jr.
  94. Hegseth and Trump: Bring Back the Confederacy!
  95. Trump Celebrates Labor Day by Terminating Unions at More Federal Agencies

August 2025

  1. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: “Leave Chicago Alone”
  2. Amos Schocken: A Two-State Solution Is the Only Path to Peace in the Middle East
  3. NIH Cuts Will Cause Economic Damage and Slash Research on Cures
  4. Richard Rothstein: It Is Time for Direct Action to Resist Tyranny!
  5. Watch Cabinet Members Grovel Before Trump
  6. Resignation Letters of Top Officials at CDC, After Kennedy Ousts Their Leader
  7. Trump Regime Halts Work on Wind Farms in Rhode Island and Maryland
  8. South Carolina: 1/3 of Vouchers Awarded to Students Who Remained in Public Schools
  9. Another School Shooting. More GOP “Thoughts and Prayers.”
  10. A Warning: Trump Declares That “A Lot of People” Want a Dictator
  11. Texas: Federal Judge Blocks Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Every Classroom
  12. Great News from Local Elections!
  13. Borowitz: Trump Replaces Pam Bondi as Attorney General
  14. RFK Jr. Fires Scientist Studying Environmental Causes of Autism
  15. Update: Paul Krugman Says: Prove the Allegations Against Lisa Cook!
  16. Paul Krugman: We Are All Lisa Cook Now
  17. Who Are Those “Elderly White Hippies” Ridiculed by Stephen Miller?
  18. Justice Department Pursues Personal Data on Trans Individuals
  19. A Letter to the Career Public Servants Tossed Out by DOGE
  20. Gary Rubinstein: KIPP Pulls a Fast One to Make The “U.S. News & World Report” List of “Best High Schools”
  21. Mississippi: Federal Judge Enjoins State Ban on DEI
  22. Trump Regime Begins to Cancel Bilingual Education
  23. Florida Federal Judge Orders “Alligator Alcatraz” to Close for Environmental Reasons
  24. Supreme Court by 5-4 Approves Cuts to NIH Research
  25. Trump Wants Smithsonian to Downplay or Eliminate Dark Portrayal of Slavery
  26. Oklahoma Creating Test for Teachers from CA and NY to Screen Out “Radicals”
  27. Carol Burris: Charter School Movement Runs Out of Gas, Decline Sets In
  28. Brilliant Speech by President of Finland on the Path to Peace in Ukraine
  29. A Day in the White House: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
  30. Michael Bloomberg: Will Trump Let RFK Jr. Destroy His Greatest Achievement?
  31. Peter Greene: Why Is it Controversial to Welcome Everyone in a Public School Classroom?
  32. Trump Wants to Ban Mail-In Voting Because Putin Told Him So
  33. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Goes Off the Rails
  34. Texas: Governor Abbott Hands Out Millions to Voucher Schools with No Oversight or Accountability
  35. James Fallows on the Alaska Summit
  36. Heather Cox Richardson on the Putin-Trump Summit
  37. Pennsylvania’s Largest CyberCharter Refuses to Make Its Financial Data Public
  38. School Choice Creates a Budget Disaster in Polk County, Florida
  39. An Apology to the People of Ukraine
  40. Thom Hartmann: Fight Trump’s Fascism Now
  41. Florida Judge Strikes Down Part of Book Banning Law
  42. Is Jeff Bezos Turning the Washington Post into a Mouthpiece for the Trump Regime?
  43. Federal Judge Overturns Ban on DEI
  44. Richard Haass: Trump Has Already Rewarded Putin
  45. Timothy Snyder: When Donald Meets Vlad
  46. Why Jess Piper is a Star
  47. New Hampshire: Vouchers Are Costly Subsidy for Mostly Affluent Families
  48. RFK Jr. Cancellation of Vaccine Research Was “the Most Dangerous Public Health Decision,” Says Expert
  49. Nancy Bailey: School Reforms That Succeed
  50. Becky Pringle: Hungry Children Can’t Learn
  51. Trump Orders Review of Smithsonian Museums to Remove Unpatriotic Exhibits
  52. Did Trump’s Hiring Freeze Raise the Death Toll in Texas Floods?
  53. National Science Foundation Absorbed Deep Cuts in Staff and Funding
  54. New Hampshire: Governor Selects Nonpartisan Bureaucrat as Superintendent
  55. Trump Administration is Extorting Hundreds of Millions from Universities
  56. Rachel Maddow: Our Worst Fears Have Come True
  57. Thomas Friedman: The World As We Knew It Is Rapidly Slipping Away
  58. Jennifer Frey: College Students Are Eager to Engage in the Liberal Arts
  59. John Thompson: Immigrant Children in Oklahoma Live in Fear
  60. Dan Rather: The Absurdity of Installing a “Bias Monitor” at CBS
  61. Trump Signs Executive Order Requiring All Colleges to Submit Racial Data
  62. Science Research in New England Gets a Reprieve from DEI Ban, for Now
  63. Peter Greene: A Major For-Profit Chain Implodes
  64. Jennifer Berkshire: How Democrats Miss the Boat on Education Issues
  65. Arizona: School Choice Harms Public Schools
  66. Why Should Democrats Be Divided About Vouchers?
  67. Columbia and Brown Agree to Give Trump Administration All Data on Race and Test Scores of New Admissions
  68. Tom Ultican: Christian Nationalism Comes for the Schools
  69. Jan Resseger: Senate Appropriations Committee Rejects Trump Plan to Slash Education Funding
  70. Ex-CIA Whistleblower: The 2024 Election Was Rigged
  71. Thom Hartmann: Time for Progressives to Become Active In the Democratic Party
  72. Prominent Scholar Cancels Class at Columbia to Protest Capitulation to Trump
  73. Trump Foolishly Fired BLS Commissioner Because He Didn’t Like the Data
  74. Trump Fires Official for Reporting Bad News on Jobs
  75. Texas: The Hoax of Charter Schools
  76. Colorado: Aeronautics Charter School Closes Suddenly, Two Weeks Before Start of Semester
  77. NPE: Charter Schools in Decline: A National Report

July 2025

  1. Paul L. Thomas: There Is No Reading “Crisis!
  2. Accell Schools–For-Profit and Online–Hires Bill Bennett as Provost of Its New Classical Academies
  3. Indiana: College Enrollment Declines from 65% to 51.7%
  4. Department of Justice Withdraws Decree Requiring Schools in This Louisiana Parish to Integrate
  5. Trump Assaults Academic Freedom in Universities
  6. A Purge Sweeps Away Veteran Columnists at Washington Post
  7. John Thompson: Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters Protects Students from “Radical Leftist Ideology”
  8. Jennifer Berkshire: A New Path, with Less Opportunity and Less Social Mobility
  9. New Republic: SCOTUS’ Decision to Let Trump Abolish ED Dept is Shameful
  10. Oklahoma: Board Members Shocked by Images of Nude Women on Ryan Walters’ Screen In Executive Session
  11. New Hampshire: Do Parents Have the “Right” to Abuse and Neglect Their Children?
  12. El Paso: IDEA’s First Graduating Class Lost Half Its Students
  13. Trump Administration Releases School Funding It Was Withholding
  14. Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court Majority Are MAGA Sycophants
  15. The Supreme Court Majority Are MAGA Sycophants
  16. Florida: School Libraries Told to Remove 55 Books–But Most Had Never Been Checked Out
  17. Brookings Institution: What Recent Supreme Court Decisions Mean for Public Schools
  18. Jan Resseger: Ohio Legislature Robs Public Schools to Fill Pockets of the Rich
  19. Charter School Director Indicted for Fraud and Embezzlement
  20. Judd Legum: Elon Musk Company Sought Federal Designation as “Disadvantaged”
  21. Trump’s “One Big Ugly Budget Bill” Increases Taxes on Some Colleges, Eliminates It on Others
  22. Parents Are the Most Important Element in Student Learning
  23. Arnold and Carol Hillman: What We Learned in Our Nine Years in South Carolina
  24. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Distractions from Epstein Files Are Not Working
  25. Will Todd Blanche Offer Ghislaine Maxwell a Deal?
  26. 404 Media: White House Partners with PragerU to Produce Cheerful Videos about U.S. History
  27. New Hampshire: Republican Governor Vetoes Rightwing Bills
  28. John Thompson: Trump’s “One Big Ugly Bill” Will Kill Millions of People And Won’t Save Money
  29. Why Didn’t Pam Bondi Prosecute Jeffrey Epstein When She was Florida AG?
  30. Ellie Leonard on Ghislaine Maxwell–The Woman Who Knew Too Much
  31. Write Secretary McMahon Now: Release the Money to Schools!
  32. Congress Exempts Trump and Vance from Conflict of Interest re Crytocoins
  33. Politico: Tulsi Gabbard Threatens to Prosecute Obama Officials for “Treason”
  34. Environmental Protection Agency Fires Hundreds of Scientists, Stops Research
  35. Brian Stelter: WSJ Story about Trump and Epstein Surprised Everyone
  36. “A Series of Unfortunate Events Connecting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein”
  37. Justice Department Employees Dismissed Without Reason, Creating Climate of Fear
  38. Paul Krugman: Trump Understands Nothing About Tariffs
  39. The Teenage Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig
  40. Missouri: Legislature Bans Teacher Use of “Three Cueing”
  41. Heather Cox Richardson: In the Trump Administration, Cruelty Is the Point
  42. Stephen Colbert and Father James Martin: Preserve Separation of Church and State
  43. Heather Cox Richardson: Everything You Need to Know About Immigration Law
  44. Johann Neem: Is the Supreme Court On Track to Outlaw Public Schools?
  45. New York Times Publishes Absurd Story About Mamdani
  46. Headstart Leaders Speak Out Against Kennedy’s Order to Ban Children of Non-Citizens
  47. SCOTUS Gives Trump Permission to Eliminate Department of Education
  48. Jan Resseger: Trump Is Obliterating Civil Rights Laws
  49. Measles Returns, 25 Years After It Was Eradicated
  50. GOP Has a New Culture War Target: Superman
  51. Trump Throws Global Economy into Chaos with On-again, Off-again Tariffs
  52. The Cartoonist Who Was Canceled by MAGA
  53. The Day That Twitter’s GROK Went Full Nazi
  54. Trump Budget Guts Scientific Research
  55. Josh Cowen Is Running for Congress in Michigan!
  56. Ted Cruz Slashed NOAA Funding for Weather Forecasting in Trump Budget
  57. Michael Cohen: Texas Sat on a $30 Billion Surplus and Refused to Build a Flood Warning System
  58. The Texas Flood Deaths Could Have Been Prevented
  59. Stephen Miller: A Life and Career Driven by Hate and Ruthless Ambition
  60. RFK Jr. Endorses a Packaged Meal Loaded with Additives
  61. Dan Rather: Robert Kennedy Jr. Is a Public Menace
  62. Michael Tomasky: What Will ICE Do with Its Enormous New Budget ?
  63. IRS Rules That Churches May Endorse Political Candidates
  64. Trump’s Energy Department Hires Climate Change Deniers
  65. A Message to MAGA
  66. Anand: A Biblical Flood, a Girl’s Death, and a Great-Grandfather’s Legacy
  67. Alligator Alcatraz: Depravity in the Everglades
  68. Florida: Ousted Staff at New College Say DeSantis’ Allies Raided Restricted Funds to Pay President’s Bloated Salary
  69. CBS Sells Out, Capitulates to Trump’s Demand for Payoff
  70. Anand: The Plutocrats Stop Pretending to be Philanthropists
  71. Texas Floods: Staff Cuts at Weather Service, Plus Local Refusal to Pay Taxes for Early Warning=Disaster
  72. GOP Tax on College Endowments Excludes Some Lucky Winners
  73. DOGE Cuts to NOAA and National Weather Service Blamed for Deaths in Texas Floods
  74. July 4th: No Celebration for Me Today
  75. Two Highly-Recommended Movies!
  76. Jan Resseger: Administration Cancels Federal Funding on Short Notice
  77. Did You Know That Trump Is Suing the Pulitzer Prize Board?
  78. Should Trump Be Added to Mount Rushmore?
  79. Timothy Snyder: Ed Martin is the Loyal Puppet of Putin and Trump
  80. Molly Ivins: Vouchers Are a Stupid Idea
  81. Billionaires Are Running Our Country, Says German Data Firm
  82. Julian Vasquez Heilig: Racism and Sexism Are Baked into AI
  83. David Dayen: What Else Is Included in the Big Ugly Budget Bill?
  84. Randi Weingarten: Trump’s Big Bad Bill Is Good for His Billionaire Buddies
  85. The Senate Passes Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Deal, and Vouchers Are in It
  86. Republicans Race to Pass the World’s Worst Legislation to Please Trump
  87. How Republicans Preserve White Supremacy
  88. Carol Burris: Update on the School Funds in Trump’s Big Ugly Budget Bill
  89. Glenn Sacks: I Teach Immigrant Kids in an L.A. High School: Here’s the Truth

June 2025

  1. What Is Trump Afraid of?
  2. John Merrow: It’s Not Enough to Oppose Trump. What Are We For?
  3. Indiana Spends $497 Million on Vouchers, Most for Affluent Kids in Private Schools
  4. The New Republic: The GOP Plot to Un-Educate America
  5. Trump Administration Forces Resignation of UVA President Over DEI
  6. Federal Judge Enjoins Trump’s Order to Bust Government Employee Unions
  7. Senate Parliamentarian Removes Vouchers from GOP “One Big Ugly Bill”
  8. Diane Francis: Why Won’t Trump Try to Stop the War in Ukraine?
  9. Dr. Jeremy Faust: RFK’s Farcical, Frightening Vaccine Committee’s First Meeting
  10. Stephen Dyer: Vouchers in Ohio Are a Disaster! I Told You So!
  11. Bill Moyers, a Great American, Is Dead
  12. The NY Times: DOGE Lied About Social Security
  13. Dr. Leana Wen: Where to Find Accurate Vaccine Information After RFK Jr.’s Coup
  14. Ohio: Judge Rules that EdChoice Vouchers Violate State Constitution
  15. Heather Cox Richardson Questions Trump’s Mental Health After His Frenzied Tweets
  16. Florida: Rare Public Protest Kills GOP Plan to Cut Funding for AP CLASSES
  17. The Philosopher Crackpot Who Hates Democracy and Influences Powerful Tech Bros
  18. Trump Strips Protection from 58 Million Acres of Wilderness
  19. Federal Judge Again Blocks Trump’s Ban on International Students
  20. The Stench of Censorship Spreads in Higher Education in Red States
  21. The American Bar Association Sues Trump for Intimidating Law Firms
  22. The Battle Over the Ten Commandments in the Classroom
  23. Taxing the Endowments of Colleges and Universities Is Grossly Unfair!
  24. Trump Tax Bill Harms Public Schools by Funding Private Choices
  25. Donald Trump: “I Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize”
  26. Trump Slashes Staff at Voice of America
  27. A New Statue On the DC Mall Mocks Dictators, One in Particular
  28. DANGER! Trump’s “One Big Ugly Bill” Protects AI for a Decade
  29. Tom Ultican: Don’t Revive Failed Policies
  30. Trump’s “One Big Ugly Bill” Will Devastate Rural Hospitals
  31. Benjamin R. Cremer: Why We Celebrate Juneteenth
  32. Glenn Kessler Fact-Checks Rubio-Vance Lies About Foreign Aid
  33. Heather Cox Richardson: Under Our Mafia Boss, Everything Is For Sale
  34. Did the Tech Bros Rig the 2024 Election?
  35. John Thompson: MAGA Republicans in Oklahoma Are Hurting the People Who Elected Them
  36. Trump Reverses Decision to Stop ICE Raids in Farming, Hotels, and Restaurants
  37. ProPublica: How Trump Is Killing Medical Research: But Why?
  38. Joyce Vance: The Kids Are Alright Despite Trump’s Efforts to Kill Public Education and Academic Freedom
  39. Arizona: Cost of Universal Vouchers Reaches $872 Million per Year
  40. Musk Is Gone But His DOGS Live On, Embedded in Agencies
  41. Anand Girihadaras: Why Trump’s Birthday Parade Failed
  42. Jennifer Rubin: Trump’s Ugly Bill Will Hurt His Supporters
  43. Study: In States with Lax Gun Laws, More Children Are Killed by Guns
  44. Steve Ruis: A DEI Abomination!
  45. Trump’s Ignorant Comments about World War II
  46. Trump is Incoherent on ICE Raids of Farm Workers
  47. Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Wrong
  48. Political Assassinations in Minnesota
  49. Trump Halts ICE Raids at Farms, Restaurants, Hotels
  50. Trump Tries to Cancel National History Day and Fails–This Year
  51. Congressional Budget Office: Trump Tax Plan Will Enrich the Rich, Reduce Income for the Poor
  52. Timothy Snyder: Trump’s Fascist Speech to the Troops at Fort Bragg
  53. Federal Appeals Court Restores Trump’s Control of Ca. National Guard
  54. Federal Judge Orders Trump to Return Control of CA National Guard to Gov. Newsom
  55. DeSantis Fails to Acknowledge That Victims of Pulse Massacre were LGTB and Hispanic
  56. Orlando: A Tribute to the 49 People Murdered at the Pulse Nightclub in 2016
  57. Jan Resseger: Trump’s Ugly Budget Bill Defunds Public Schools
  58. EPIC Charter Downsizes, Fires the Principals, Cuts Teachers’ Salaries
  59. Turmoil at the V.A., Amid Deep Cuts of Employees and Healthcare
  60. Trump Lashes Out at His Enemies and Sells Merch to Troops at Fort Bragg
  61. Six Nobel Laureates in Economics Denounce Trump Budget Bill
  62. Governor Gavin Newsom: Do Not Give In to a Lawless President
  63. Trump Shows His Fascist Face
  64. Gary Legum: ABC Punishes Reporter for Accurate Description of Stephen Miller
  65. Brookings Analysis: Trump’s “School Choice” Plan Enables Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
  66. Trump Will Cut More Federal Workers Next Year
  67. Florida: College Presidencies Go to Grifters and GOP Cronies. Merit Doesn’t Count.
  68. RFK Jr. Fires Every Member of CDC Expert Advisory Panel on Vaccines
  69. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Manufactures a Crisis to Distract from Real Problems
  70. Trump Is Trying to Seize Control of Public Broadcasting, But Judge Blocks Him, for Now
  71. Russ Vought Will Keep the DOGS going Without Elon
  72. New Hampshire: GOP is “Willfully and Knowingly” Sabotaging Public Education
  73. Is Harvard Teaching Remedial Math? Trump Says It Is.
  74. Federal Appeals Court Allows Trump to Exclude AP from Press Pool
  75. Heather Cox Richardson: History Matters. Truth Matters. Here is a Plan.
  76. U.S. Supreme Court Allows DOGE to Access Your Most Sensitive Personal Data
  77. It’s Dangerous to Call Him “TACO” Trump
  78. Florida: DeSantis Degraded Education at Every Level
  79. Glenn Kessler Fact-Checks Marco Rubio’s Claim that No One Died When Foreign Aid Stopped
  80. Elon’s Tweets Today About Trump, Trump’s Responses
  81. Heather Cox Richardson: GOP Budget Bill Is Packed with Deadly Cuts and Lies
  82. Jan Resseger: Trump Guts Civil Rights Laws
  83. The Insane Killing of Medical Research by Trump
  84. Rosa DeLauro Flays Russ Vought, Director of OMB
  85. Paul Szep, Canadian Cartoonist
  86. Jeff Bezos Flails in Desperation, As He Struggles to Revive Washington Post
  87. John Thompson: “Proficiency” Is NOT Grade Level, Not Even in Oklahoma
  88. NPR: Trump’s Agreements with Law Firms May Be Illegal
  89. Musk Blasts Trump’s Budget and Tax Bill as Bloated
  90. Thomas Ultican: Billionaires and Charter Schools in California: A Toxic Deal
  91. Why Ukraine Will Win the War
  92. NPR Will Fight Trump’s Effort to Cut Off Funding
  93. Georgia: Brain-Dead Woman Kept on Life Support Because She Was 9 Weeks Pregnant
  94. Jamelle Bouie: Don’t Be Fooled Again by the GOP Tax Plan
  95. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump and Musk Are Destroying the Government
  96. Secretary of ED McMahon Wants to Destroy US Education with Her Budget!
  97. Pope Leo Will Send a Video Message to Chicago Mass on Same Day as Trump’s Parade

May 2025

  1. Federal Judge Restores Visa to Russian Harvard Scientist
  2. NYC: ICE Snatches High School Student Who Entered Legally
  3. Oliver Darcy: Don’t Fall for the Rightwing Attacks on Biden
  4. Trump Regime Inflicts Chaos on Prestigious Science Agencies
  5. Peter Greene: The Perverse Incentives of School Choice
  6. Teachers! New York City Is Hiring to Reduce Class Sizes!
  7. Thomas Edsall: What Scholars Say About Trump’s Reign of Error and Chaos
  8. Heather Cox Richardson: Courts Are Our Guardrail–For Now
  9. Maurice Cunningham: DFER Moves into MAGA Orbit
  10. U.S. Navy Restores Almost All of the DEI Banned Books
  11. Trump Threatens to Transfer Harvard’s Billions for Scientific Research to Trade Schools, Demands Names of Foreign Students
  12. Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Reading Reseacher Lucy Calkins, Other Reading Researchets
  13. Trump’s Kennedy Center Agenda Features Drag Artists
  14. DANGER! DANGER! DANGER! The “Beautiful” Tax Bill Guts the Rule of Law!
  15. Trump Posted Unhinged Ravings for Memorial Day
  16. Bruce Springsteen: “No Retreat!”
  17. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Issues a Statement about the Current Crisis
  18. A Personal Report to My Friends Who Read the Blog
  19. New Policy! No Posts Today or Tomorrow!
  20. This Cartoon Was Deleted from a PBS Special About the Artist, Art Spiegelman
  21. My New Book is Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon!
  22. William Kristol: A Permanent Stain on Our History
  23. What’s Missing from the Story About the Qatari Jet That Trump Wants
  24. What Can the Federal Government Do to Promote Learning?
  25. Breaking News! Trump Revokes Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International students
  26. Federal Judge Blocks Shutdown of Department of Education
  27. U.S. Supreme Court Splits 4-4 on Oklahoma Religious Charter School, Meaning No
  28. Michael Hiltzik: RFK Jr. is a Danger to Public Health
  29. Jennifer Berkshire: What’s Next for Vouchers: Champagne or Storm Clouds?
  30. PBS: What You Need to Know About Medicaid
  31. LA Times: Trump Claims Harris Campaign Paid Celebrities to Endorse Her
  32. Fareed Zakaria: Trump’s War on Science Is Damaging Our Economy and Our Future
  33. Leonie Haimson: How States Can Inspire One Another to Fight for Successful Policies
  34. Why Trump Hates PBS: The Definitive Explanation
  35. Wall Street Journal: Trump Tax Plan Will Not Cut the Deficit
  36. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s Politics of Distraction
  37. Now Will They Leave Joe Biden Alone?
  38. Why Does the Trump Administration Want to Deport or Imprison This Cancer Researcher?
  39. Drag Show Owners Beat DeSantis in Court
  40. Netanyahu Is a War Criminal. Will Trump Stop Him?
  41. Georgia: Brain-Dead Woman Kept Alive Because She Was Nine Weeks Pregnant
  42. Bruce Springsteen’s “Message to America” and Trump’s Reply
  43. Trump’s Amazing Accomplishments in the Middle East
  44. McMahon Announces Increase in Funding to Federal Charter Schools Program, Despite Multiple Failures
  45. Breaking News: Trump Administration Cancels Scores of Research Grants at Harvard
  46. How the New GOP Tax Bill Benefits the Rich and Forces Vouchers into Every State
  47. RFK Jr.’s Doublespeak About Vaccines
  48. Stephen Miller Wants to Abolish Habeas Corpus. This Is Why He Is Wrong.
  49. Michael Tomasky: Elon Musk is a Stupid, Incompetent Man
  50. Why The Qataris Are Happy To Dump Their 747 On Trump
  51. White House Explodes Over Story Critical of Don Jr.
  52. Michael Hiltzik: Trump’s Tariff War is Nonsensical
  53. Carol Burris: Why the Charter Lobby Fears the Next Supreme Court Decision
  54. RFK Jr. Takes the Family Swimming on Mother’s Day—in a Toxic Creek
  55. Chief Justice Roberts Blames “Lack of Civics Education” for Breakdown in Respect for Law
  56. Lithwick & Stern: A Time for Lawyers to Defend Their Profession and Democracy
  57. The Atlantic: Trump Declares War on the Rule of Law
  58. Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket: Sign up
  59. NEA: The Purpose of Block Grants is to Diminish Federal Responsibility for Education
  60. NEA: Trump Slashes Education Budget, Encourages Privatization of Public Schools
  61. Bill Kristol: Trump’s Sugar Daddy Gives Him a Luxurious Airplane
  62. Mothers Against Greg Abbott Sums Up the Awful Record of the Texas Legislature
  63. Texas: More Than 700 Cases of Measles Reported
  64. Financial Times: Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk
  65. Qatar Gives Trump a Super-Luxury Airplane to Replace Airforce 1
  66. Jeff Tiedrich: MAGA Doesn’t Like the New Pope!
  67. Republicans Planning Major Increase in Tax on College Endowments
  68. Michael Tomasky: Why No One Cares that Trump Is Raking in $1 Billion a Month
  69. Arkansas: Supporters of Abortion Rights Meet, Protestors Don’t Show Up
  70. Senator Chris Murphy Gives a Master Class in Cutting Through B.S.
  71. Trump Plans Deep Cuts to Interior Department, National Parks Service
  72. Federal Judge Orders Immediate Release of Tufts Graduate Student from ICE Detention!
  73. New York: State Education Commissioner’s Staff Member Blasts Governor Hochul!
  74. Where Did Trump Get the Nutty Idea of Reopening Alcatraz?
  75. Heather Cox Richardson: The New Pope’s Clash with MAGA
  76. Genealogist: The New Pope Has Afro-Caribbean Roots in New Orleans
  77. Kristi Noem Fires Acting Head of FEMA Because He Doesn’t Want to Abolish It
  78. Trump Withdraws Nomination of Ed Martin as U.S. Attorney for DC!
  79. Breaking News: Trump Administration Encouraging Other Nations to Sign Up For Musk’s Starlink Internet Service to Cut Tariffs
  80. Randi Weingarten: Not Everyone Needs or Wants to Go to College. That’s OK.
  81. Rob Curran: ICE Is Taking Away Our Neighbors
  82. Elon Musk Has His Own Town in Texas
  83. Joyce Vance: Good News! It’s Working!
  84. Thom Hartmann: Trump and the Death of Our Ideals
  85. Secretary Linda McMahon Sent a Rude, Threatening Letter to Harvard
  86. Trump’s Unprecedented Threat to Take Away Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
  87. Pastors for Texas Children on the Signing of the Voucher Bill
  88. ProPublica: Trump’s Choice for US Attorney in D.C. is Ethically Challenged–and a MAGA Extremist
  89. New York: Orthodox Jewish Schools Hope to Evade the Law and Collect Public Money
  90. Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About His First 100 Days
  91. The Atlantic: The Inside Story of How Trump Regained Power: “I Run the Country and the World”
  92. Trump Plans to Revise U.S. History in the Smithsonian and All Other Federal Sites
  93. Maine Governor Mills Stands Up to Trump’s Bullying; He Backs Down
  94. Dana Milbank: Trump and His Ideas are Meshuggene
  95. Why is Trump Killing the Voice of America?
  96. Texas: Governor Abbott Celebrates His Big Voucher Win and Lies About It
  97. Jonathan V. Last: MAHA Is a Fraud
  98. John Thompson: Oklahoma Has Its Own DOGE, Just as Destructive as Elon’s
  99. Catherine Rampell: Why Does Trump’s Regime Have Your Data and How Will They Use It?
  100. Trump Signs Executive Order Urging CPB to Stop Funding NPR and PBS
  101. Daniel Dale of CNN: Trump’s 100 Lies in 100 Days
  102. Republicans Were Eager to Investigate Biden, But Not Trump
  103. Trump Launches an Era of Unprecedented Corruption in His Second Term
  104. Conflict of Interest? No Problem. Trump Family Will Collect Hundreds of Millions
  105. Trump Celebrated His First 100 Days by Attacking Biden
  106. Thom Hartmann: Democracy Can Die in Broad Daylight

April 2025

  1. Poll: Most Americans Believe Trump is “a Dangerous Dictator” Who Might “Destroy American Democracy”
  2. Musk’s DOGE Protects One (1) Person: Elon Musk
  3. Did Musk and DOGE Save Any Money at All?
  4. Trump Fires Biden Appointees on Board of Holocaust Museum
  5. Fareed Zakaria: Trump’s War on Science Is Bad for America
  6. Trump’s Insane War on Science
  7. John Thompson: Who Caused the Havoc in Tulsa Schools?
  8. Hannah Szabó, a Transgender Woman, Describes Her Choices
  9. Joyce Vance: Stand Up and Speak Out for the Rule of Law!
  10. Samuel E. Abrams: The Mounting Trouble with Education Savings Accounts
  11. Thom Hartmann: Why Pam Bondi Arrested Judge Dugan in Milwaukee
  12. Jamelle Bouie: Trump Has No Interest in Governing
  13. The Arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan Undermines the Rule of Law
  14. Michael Tomasky: Trump Just Did the Most Corrupt Thing Any President Has Ever Done
  15. Robert Reich: Trump Is Following Viktor Orban’s Model
  16. KIPP Charter Chain Can’t Account for $52 Million
  17. Why is Trump Going to the Funeral of a Pope He Didn’t Like?
  18. Wisconsin: State Superintendent Underly Hails Two Court Decisions Undercutting Trump DEI Ban
  19. North Dakota Becomes 47th State to Authorize Charter Schools Despite Decades of Broken Promises
  20. Federal Judges Order Pentagon to Resume Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Troops
  21. Federal Judge Partially Blocks Trump DEI Ban
  22. CNN: The World’s Coral Reefs Are Dying
  23. Carol Burris: With Religious Charters, the Charter Lobby’s Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
  24. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s “Peace Plan” for Ukraine Is Putin’s Plan
  25. Bye Bye, Tennessee Non-Achievement School District
  26. Randi Weingarten: Trump’s War on Knowledge
  27. U.S. Navy Cancels Lecture by Author Who Planned to Complain About Book Bans
  28. Thomas Friedman: “I Have Never Been More Afraid for My Country’s Future”
  29. More Than 100 Universities Sign Statement Rejecting Trump’s Interference in and Control of Their Campuses
  30. Will Ron DeSantis Outrun This Scandal?
  31. Robert Shepherd: Trump’s Attack on Nature is a Disaster
  32. ProPublica: Trump’s War on Data Undermines Public Policy
  33. Politico: MAGA Loyalist Describes a Month of Chaos at the Pentagon
  34. DOGE Kids Are Slashing Government Agencies, While Holding Multiple Jobs
  35. Memo Leaked about Cuts to State Department, Slashing Africa Offices, Climate and Human Rights Agencies
  36. Best Easter Tweet!
  37. Trump Posts an Angry, Bitter Easter Message on “Truth Social”
  38. Easter: Reflecting on the Deaths Caused by DOGE Dismantling USAID
  39. Evangelicals Have Office in the White House
  40. Beautiful! Stairwell Singing of “Ave Maria”
  41. Boston Globe: Harvard May Beat Trump by Using His Tactics
  42. Trump Plans to Harass More NonProfits that Help Poor People: His Easter Message
  43. A Brilliant Decision by a Conservative Judge Rebukes Trump Administration
  44. Trump Chooses Lawyer as DC Federal Prosecutor Who is a Putin Puppet and J6 Defender
  45. Texas: The Sordid Story Behind the Passage of Vouchers
  46. Department of Homeland Security Demands Harvard Turn Over International Student Disciplinary Records
  47. IRS Considering Revoking Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status, New York Times Reports
  48. Texas: Republican Legislators Endorse Vouchers
  49. Denis Smith: What I Learned at the NPE Conference in Ohio
  50. Texas: Religious Leaders Condemn Governor Abbott’s Decision to Hold Vote on Vouchers During Holy Week
  51. Harvard President Rejects Government Control; Trump Threatens to Strip Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
  52. Thom Hartmann: The Day Democracy Died in the U.S.A.
  53. Aaron Tang: The Supreme Court Threatens Public Schools Even More Than Trump
  54. Anand Talks to a Therapist: How to Survive the Abuser-in-Chief
  55. Harvard Will Not Bow to Trump’s Demands
  56. Reminder: Dr. Azar Nafisi Event at Wellesley College CANCELED!
  57. Thomas L. Friedman: After Trump’s Tariff Fiasco, Will Any Other Nation Trust America?
  58. As Global Economy Imploded, Trump’s Cash Register Was Going Ka-Ching
  59. Trump Wants to Erase the History He Doesn’t Like, But Historians Are Pushing Back
  60. Joyce Vance: Do Republicans Care About Trump’s Tyranny? If Not Now, When?
  61. Why Care about Public Schools? A Dialogue.
  62. Immigration Service Will Screen Social Media Accounts for Anti-Semitism: Deport Elon!
  63. What Did You Do to Stop Fascism?
  64. Should We Trust Trump?
  65. Nancy Flanagan: Teachers Must Be Heard!
  66. Allison Gill: Did the Supreme Court Waffle on the Return of the Unjustly Imprisoned Man from Maryland?
  67. Wisconsin: State Chief Jill Underly Rejects Secretary McMahon’s Anti-DEI Demand
  68. Bloomberg News: About 90% of Men Deported to Salvador Prison Were Not Criminals
  69. Trump Goes After Two Critics, and His Attorney General Will Help His Vendetta
  70. The New York Times: Trump Is Swinging a Wrecking Ball at the U.S. Government and the Global Economy
  71. Wellesley Lecture Postponed Due to Faculty Strike. Stay Tuned.
  72. Dr. Azar Nafisi, Celebrated Author, Will Speak at Wellesley College on April 15. Save the Date!
  73. Trump Declares All State Environmental Laws to be Null and Void
  74. Conservative “National Review” Blasts Trump Tariffs
  75. Trump Targets Two Critics, Accuses Them of Treason
  76. Rex Huppke: Trump Never Backs Down..Until He Does
  77. Washington Post: Social Security Facing Chaos After DOGE Cuts
  78. Rex Huppke: Trump Golfs While His Tariffs Destroy the Global Economy
  79. Former Director of USAID: Millions Will Die Because of Musk’s Chainsaw
  80. North Carolina Continues to Downgrade Its Public Schools
  81. Vermont: State Commissioner Backtracks on Complying with Federal Demand to Cancel DEI in Schools
  82. Jennifer Berkshire: What’s Behind the Republican War on Education? Part 2.
  83. Jennifer Berkshire: What’s Behind the Republican War Against Education: Part 1.
  84. Tim Walz Was the Highlight of the Best NPE Conference Ever
  85. A European View of Trump
  86. Ian Millhiser: Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms Are Outrageous and Arrogant
  87. Gary Legum: Elon Musk Is Screwing Up Social Security
  88. Washington Post: Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying Public Health Agencies
  89. Of Course, Trump Wants a Third Term!
  90. Andrew Tobias: Trump Unleashes Chaos on the World
  91. New York Will Not Comply with Trump’s Ban on DEI
  92. Olga Lautman: Trump Cancels Efforts to Save Kidnapped Children of Ukraine
  93. A Message to Journalists: Don’t Be Fooled! Follow the Money!
  94. Watch This Surprising Performance at the Kennedy Center!!
  95. Join the Rally to Save Texas Schools on April 5
  96. Immigrant Women in ICE Detention Endure “Hell on Earth”
  97. Arizona: Why Does a Low-Performing Charter School Collect $80 Million a Year from Taxpayers?
  98. Trump Administration Threatens to Cancel Funding to Public Schools with DEI
  99. Scott Maxwell: Florida Replaces Immigrant Labor with Child Labor
  100. Glenn Kessler Fact-Checks Trump on Tariffs
  101. Trump’s Tariffs: A Global Mess?
  102. Chicago: Teachers Union Wins Landmark Agreement with School Board
  103. Trump Wants to Control How Americans Vote
  104. DOGE Aims to Privatize Federal Government Functions
  105. Michael R. Bloomberg: Kids Are Spending Too Much Time on Laptops
  106. Trump Demands Nebraska Change Name of State Capitol!
  107. DOGE Creates Chaos and Fear at HHS
  108. How a Democrat Won as Governor in North Carolina
  109. Dana Milbank: Trump & Musk vs. The U.S. Constitution
  110. The Greatest Hoax in Sports History?

March 2025

  1. An Update on Downsizing of Federal Workforce
  2. Catherine Rampell: DOGE Is Making Government “Comically Inefficient”
  3. Texas: Beware of Vouchers!
  4. Are Trees “WOKE”? Are They Infected with DEI?
  5. Peter Greene: Arkansas Legislators Go Berserk Over Trans Students
  6. CDC Downplays Importance of Vaccines, Reflecting Malign Influence of RFK Jr.
  7. Top Vaccine Official Resigns to Protest RFK Jr.’s “Lies and Misinformation”
  8. Der Spiegel: Personal Data of Top U.S. Officials is on the Web
  9. New York: Judge Rules that NYC Should Not Pay Inflated Rent of Charter School
  10. John Thompson: Why is Robert Pondiscio So Angry?
  11. Trump Assigns Task of Revising the Nation’s History to Vance
  12. Trump Announces Ban on Labor Unions in Federal Workforce
  13. Trump Takes Control of the Smithsonian
  14. Audrey Watters: The Dangerous Politics of Ed-Tech
  15. Three Prominent Professors Leave Yale for Canada
  16. John Connelly: Trump Never Learned the Lesson of Chamberlain at Munich
  17. ICE Grabs Turkish Ph.D Student at Tufts and Detains Her in Louisiana
  18. Trump Administration Cuts Funding for Vaccines for World’s Poorest Nations
  19. Stephen Dyer: Vouchers in Ohio Subsidize 91% of Students in Private Schools
  20. Washington Post: DOGE Cuts Plunge Social Security into Chaos
  21. Peter Greene: Why the Department of Education Matters
  22. The SignalGate Scandal, the Lies, and the Text Messages
  23. Thomas Ultican: There Was No “Mississippi Miracle”
  24. Thom Hartmann: In Trump’s America, ICE Can Detain Anyone–Even You–Without Cause or a Hearing
  25. Rep. Rosa DeLauro: Trump and Musk Want to Fire Nearly 300,000 Teachers
  26. Heather Cox Richardson Sums Up the Trump Clown Car Fiasco
  27. Hillary Clinton “Baffled” by Top-Secret Leak of War Plans
  28. Jeff Tiedrich: What’s Going on with National Security, Pete?
  29. Refugees in Bangladesh Will Die of Starvation Due to U.S. Budget Cuts in Foreign Aid
  30. How Many Will Die Because Trump and Musk Ended Foreign Aid?
  31. Why So Much Trump on This Blog?
  32. Dana Milbank: Trump’s War on Freedom of the Press
  33. Carol Kocivar: It’s Time to Talk to Your Child About Threats to Democracy
  34. Thomas Friedman Does Not Believe a Single Word from Trump or Putin about Ukraine. Why?
  35. Blame Musk: Why Tesla is in Big Trouble
  36. The Trouble with Tesla
  37. Hundreds of Jewish Academics Protest Trump’s Claim of “Fighting Anti-Semitism” to Attack Universities
  38. Jay Kuo Explains What Happened When a Federal Judge Slapped Down Musk and DOGE
  39. GOP Wants to Honor Trump Right Now!
  40. Robert Kuttner: Trump and the Politics of Cruelty
  41. Marc Elias Writes to Elon Musk
  42. Family Members of Deported Venezuelans Say They Had No Gang Ties
  43. Trump Fires Democratic Members of “Independent” Boards
  44. Tom Ultican: An Important New Book by Katherine Stewart
  45. Olga Lautman: Trump’s War on Dissent
  46. Chris Tomlinson: Making Texas a Christian State
  47. Mark Zuckerberg Abandons Fact-Checking on Facebook
  48. Thom Hartmann: Why Are We Crowdfunding Cancer Care and Research, While Billionaires Flourish?
  49. Julie Vassilatos: Why Trump Wants to Kill the Education Department
  50. ALERT! Teachers College Faculty Opposes Trump Attacks on Higher Education and DEI
  51. Viktor Kravchuk: A Ceasefire of Shame
  52. Can You Trust Government Data Anymore? NO!
  53. Michael Hiltzik: Trump Is Coming for Your Social Security
  54. Joyce Vance: DOGE Is Gutting the National Weather Service, Which Serves All of Us
  55. Federal Judge Orders Halt to Dismantling of USAID by DOGE
  56. Talking Points Memo: The Trump Administration Defies the Law
  57. Sherrilyn Ifill: Do Not Be Silent!
  58. Texas Observer: The Great Voucher Hoax
  59. This Charter School Superintendent in Texas Is Paid $870,000 a Year to Run a District with 1,000 Students
  60. Trump Wipes Out NCES in Department of Education
  61. Trump Shutters “Voice of America”
  62. Talking Points Memo: Trump Bullies Columbia University
  63. Arlington National Cemetery Censors Links and Study Guides to “Notable Graves” of Blacks, Hispanics, Women
  64. Why Does Trump Want to Destroy America’s Biomedical Research Institutions?
  65. Jeff Tiedrich: Madman Unleashes Lunatic Attack Before Irish Prime Minister
  66. A Demonstration of the Use of Trump’s Banned Words List
  67. How Trump Promoted the Civil Rights of White Christians, America’s Most “Persecuted” Majority
  68. Corruption Unlimited, Sponsored by the Trump Administration
  69. The Funniest Comment of Today
  70. Trump Cuts School Program to Buy Food from Local Farmers
  71. Washington Post: New White House Strategy: Promote Trump as “King”
  72. Jan Resseger: Will the Trump Gang Succeed in Demonizing the Words “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”?
  73. Trump Speaks at DOJ, Urges Imprisonment of His Political Foes
  74. Josh Cowen: Michigan Doesn’t Want Vouchers, But Trump May Impose Them
  75. The Collapse of Democracy in the USA: A Chilling View from France
  76. Heather Cox Richardson: Elon Musk Is Pillaging Our Government
  77. Quick: What’s the Purpose of the EPA?
  78. Robert Kennedy Blames Child’s Measles Death on Poor Nutrition and Exercise, Not Lack of Vaccination
  79. Bill Kristol: Trump Betrays Ukraine and Our Ideals
  80. Trump is Terminating the U.S. Department of Education Without Congressional Authorization
  81. Trump’s Crackdown on Academic Freedom Endangers Universities, Faculty, and Students
  82. CNN: Trump Wasted Billions of Gallons of Water in PR Stunt in California
  83. Want to Dine with Trump Alone? You May, for $5 Million
  84. Timothy Snyder: A Critique of Jeff Bezos’ Editorial Limits at The Washington Post
  85. ProPublica: DOGE Cuts to the IRS Will Cost the Government Money, Not Save It
  86. Trump Shrugs at Stock Market Collapse, Sells Teslas at White House
  87. Trump Plans to Spend Billions for Vouchers, Mostly for Religious Schools
  88. John Thompson: We Must Revive Civics Education
  89. Thom Hartmann: The GOP Plan to Cut Social Security
  90. Trump Punishes Two Law Firms that Crossed Him
  91. Trump Team Sows Disruption, Fear at NIH
  92. Trump Removes Human Resource Officers, Will Replace Them with Loyalists
  93. “We Were the Efficiency Team, and DOGE Fired Us!”
  94. Robert Hubbell: Never Give Up! Now is the Time to Resist!
  95. Peter Greene: DeSantis Wants More School Shootings, More Death
  96. Heather Cox Richardson: Bloody Sunday and Voting Rights
  97. New Zealand Diplomat Fired for Speaking Truth About Trump
  98. Defense Department Begins Purge of DEI Images, Including Airplane That Dropped First Atomic Bomb
  99. Trump’s List of Banned Words: It’s Worse Than You Thought!
  100. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Cozies Up to Putin, Allows Musk to Take Over Role of Congress
  101. Ezra Klein: What Does Elon Musk Want? Who Is He?
  102. Washington Post Fact-Checker: Trump’s Lexicon of Lies
  103. House of Representatives Censures Rep. Al Green for Disrupting Trump Speech
  104. Ruth Ben-Ghiat: How Trump Is Helping Putin
  105. Trump and Musk Rescind List of Federal Properties for Sale
  106. Mona Charen: Trump’s Spineless Enablers
  107. ProPublica: How Many Children Will Die Because Elon Musk “Deleted” USAID?
  108. Senator Elissa Slotkin Responds to Trump Speech
  109. Julian Vasquez Heilig: How to Respond to the Department of Education DEI Tipline!
  110. Trolls Flood ED DEI Tip Line with Hilarious Spoofs
  111. If You See DEI, Report it to the U.S. Department of Education!
  112. Dana Milbank: Trump Proclaimed that He Is the Greatest President in History
  113. Greg Olear: What Democrats Should Do Tonight
  114. Zelensky Offers Ceasefire Plan, Praises Trump Effusively
  115. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on the “Final Mission”
  116. Dr. Paul Offit: RFK Jr. Is Still a Vaccine Denier
  117. DOGE Tackles the Social Security Administration
  118. My Article on the Plot to Sell Out Our Public Schools
  119. Ed Department Backs Down on Some Extreme DEI Bans
  120. Fact-Checking Trump Lies About the USAID “Consultant” Who Was Paid $520 Million
  121. Timothy Snyder: Trump Unleashes Chaos on the World by Defending Russia
  122. Erin Reed: “First They Came for the Trans People…”
  123. SNL Parodies the White House Fiasco
  124. ProPublica: A Handy Guide to Segregation Academies
  125. Thom Hartmann: Why Does the Media Ignore Nazi Symbolism at Trump-Musk Events?
  126. How Elon Musk Took Control of the Federal Government
  127. Our Allies Speak Up in Support of Ukraine
  128. The Trump-Putin New World Order
  129. Dan Rather: Trump and Vance Disgraced Our Country
  130. Paul Cobaugh: Trump and Vance Are Traitors
  131. PBS: Brooks and Capehart on the White House Debacle

February 2025

  1. Trump Rages Against Zelensky in White House Meeting, Ends Talks with No Deal, Blames Zelensky
  2. A New Partner in the Fight to Save Public Schools!
  3. ProPublica: Mike Johnson Shares Home with a Far-Right Pastor Who Has a Political Agenda
  4. Musk Takes a Chainsaw to the Federal Workforce and Creates Chaos
  5. Climate Change is on the Chopping Block
  6. Jeff Bryant: Linda McMahon’s Gaslighting of Democratic Senators Was “Elegant”
  7. Jeff Bezos Tells Opinion Writers What to Write
  8. Arkansas: A Brief, Powerful Demonstration of Critical Race Theory
  9. SCIENCE: Ex-Trump Official Warns that Canceled Contracts Will Harm Efforts to Improve Education
  10. Florida: “Support Our Schools” Fights for Public Schools in Sarasota
  11. Julian Vasquez Heilig: Higher Education and “The White Flag of Cowardice”
  12. Trump-Appointed Judge Okays Firing of USAID Workers, Gutting Foreign Aid
  13. Paul Cobaugh: Patriots Don’t Support Coups!
  14. Robert Hubbell: The Tide Is Turning Against Trump and Musk
  15. Trump Places MAGA Zealot as #2 at the FBI
  16. U.S. Votes with Russia, Iran, and North Korea at UN, PLUS Judge Refuses to Restore AP to White House Press Events
  17. Protest #Tesla, Protest #Musk
  18. James Taylor Writes Lyrics About Ukraine
  19. Editorial: Trump’s Terrifying Reign
  20. Trump and the Governor of Maine Clash Over Transgender Women in Sports
  21. A Hero of Our Age: The Man Who Refused to Run Away
  22. Ugh! A New Rightwing “Reform” Group Is Targeting School Boards
  23. JD Vance Dishonored Our Troops!
  24. Youngest Member of DOGE Team is a Grandson of Soviet Spy
  25. Michelle H. Davis: Texas GOP Insults Teachers, Unions, and Fellow Citizens
  26. Federal Judge Blocks Trump Ban on DEI
  27. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump’s Policies Are Eroding His Poll Numbers, as Well as the Rule of Law
  28. AP Sues Trump for Punishing It for Refusing to Use “Gulf of America”
  29. How JD Vance Disgraced Himself–and His Country–in Munich
  30. I Sound Off on the GOP Campaign to Destroy Public Schools
  31. Jess Piper: Don’t Let Them Kill Section 504
  32. Thom Hartmann: Does Putin Own Trump?
  33. Mercedes Schneider: In Louisiana, Getting Vaccinated is Now a “Personal Choice”
  34. My Article on the Trump Agenda for Education
  35. Timothy Snyder: Trump is a “Weak Strongman”
  36. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Embraces Russia
  37. Trump Snubs Europe, Insults Ukraine, Joins Forces with Putin
  38. Julian Vasquez Heilig: Hands Off Efforts to Help Minority Students Succeed in College!
  39. How Elon Musk Is Profiting As He Tears Apart the Federal Government
  40. What You Need to Know about Trump’s Plan to Close the Department of Education
  41. John Thompson: The Struggle Aming Republicans in Oklahoma
  42. James Fallows: “Defund the Air Traffic Controllers”
  43. Washington Post Kills Ad Calling on Trump to Fire Musk
  44. Louisiana: Vouchers Fail the Students Who Need the Most Help
  45. Sara Stevenson: Fully Fund Texas Public Schools Instead of Handouts for the Wealthiest
  46. Karen Attiah: Call the Attack on DEI What It Is: A Rollback of Racial Integration
  47. ALERT! The Disturbing Background of the Teen in the DOGE Group
  48. Trump Is Breaking the Law By Banning Teaching About DEI
  49. A Tribute to Two Black Pioneers in Brooklyn
  50. Trump Is Destroying Our Country, Putin Benefits
  51. Keith Barber: Making Sense of Tariffs
  52. Trump Kisses Putin’s Ring and Betrays Ukraine
  53. Paul Krugman: The Fantastic Lies of Elon Musk
  54. Another NY Prosecutor Refuses to Drop Case against Mayor Adams and Resigns
  55. Governor Tim Walz Will Speak at the Annual Meeting of the Network for Public Education!
  56. Greg Toppo: Education Researchers “Stunned” by Sudden Cancelled Contracts
  57. Florida: Vouchers Are Helping Affluent Families Pay Private School Tuition
  58. NYC: Top Federal Prosecutors Quit to Protest Trump Demand to Drop Charges Against Mayor Adams
  59. Diseases Eliminated by Science or RFK Jr. or Prayer
  60. Senate Confirms Dangerous Zealot RFK Jr. to Lead HHS
  61. Trump Takes Charge of the Kennedy Center
  62. Orlando Sentinel on Trump’s Gaza Fantasy: Is He Unhinged or Has He Gone Mad?”
  63. 17 States Are Suing to Abolish Section 504 for People with Disabilities
  64. Heather Cox Richardson: Which Matters More: Voting Rights or Gun Rights?
  65. The Teenage DOGE “Expert” with a Checkered Past
  66. Trump Demands $500 Billion in “Rare Earth” Minerals in Exchange for Supporting Ukraine
  67. Heather Cox Richardson: Keeping track of Trump’s Assault on the Rule of Law
  68. Musk DOGE Team Is Ransacking Our Government, Pulling It Apart
  69. Federal Agencies Censor Words Related to DEI
  70. DOGE Terminates $900 Million in Contracts at Ed Dept’s Research and Data Unit
  71. Trump Reiterates His Plan to “Own” Gaza and Turn It into a Resort
  72. Robert Reich: Plan to Resist Trump’s Tyranny on April 19
  73. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Budget Cuts Will Stifle Cancer Research
  74. Why Elon Musk’s Family Moved from Canada to South Africa in 1950
  75. Robert Hubbell: No Doubt About It: It’s a Coup!
  76. Politico: Is There a Cure for Stupidity?
  77. Dana Milbank: When You Elect a Felon as President, You Get a Scofflaw
  78. Heather Cox Richardson: Does the Constitution Matter Anymore?
  79. MMA Fighter Praises Hitler, Denies Holocaust as Mass Stupidity Epidemic Spreads
  80. Ezra Klein: Don’t Believe Him
  81. This Is What a Coup Looks Like
  82. Musk Conducts a Poll on Whether to Rehire Staffer Who Made Racist Tweets
  83. California: Trump’s Water Release Didn’t Help Los Angeles or Farmers: A Stunt
  84. Alaska: Ignore the Lies and Boasts: Charter Schools Are No Better Than Public Schools
  85. Texas: Public Schools Are Imposing Austerity Measures While State Holds Huge Surplus
  86. WSJ: Member of Elon Musk’s Elite Team Resigns After Racist Tweets Discovered
  87. Oliver Darcy: The Media Are Failing to Describe the Danger of the Moment
  88. Today is the Last Day for Federal Employees to Accept Musk’s “Buyout” Offer
  89. Trump’s Plan to Redevelop Gaza Reflects His History in Real Estate
  90. Musk Team Was Not Honest About Their Goal, Wanted to Cut Off Foreign Aid
  91. Ann Telnaes: Unelected, Egomaniac Elon Musk
  92. Trump Wants Greenland, Canada, and Now, Gaza?
  93. Will the FBI Sabotage Trump’s Witch-hunt?
  94. Wired: The Young Men Who Are Helping Musk Evaluate Federal Programs and Personnel
  95. Texas: Gov. Abbott Says He Will Accept Nothing Less than Universal Vouchers, for Rich and Poor Alike
  96. Bill Kristol: This Coup is Worse Than Nixon’s Watergate
  97. Mercedes Schneider: Elon’s Little Vandals May Have Your Personal Data
  98. Heather Cox Richardson: Elon Musk is Trampling on Our Constitution
  99. How FBI Agents Can Protect the FBI
  100. Alexander Vindman: Elon Musk’s Hostile Takeover of the Federal Government
  101. Timothy Snyder: Lessons in Destroying a Democracy and How to Resist
  102. Trump’s Shameless DEI Hoax
  103. Musk Takes Control of USAID, Calls It “Evil”
  104. Joyce Vance: The Anti-President And His Coup
  105. Wall Street Journal: “America’s Dumbest Trade War”
  106. Umair Haque: America’s Brexit Moment
  107. Robert Hubbell: Call It What It Is: A Coup
  108. Diane Ravitch's blog
  109. Dark Money: Manufacturing Prestige for Rightwing and Fringe Academics
  110. New Regime Is Dropping CDC Data into Memory Hole
  111. Trump’s Goal: To Take Complete Control of the Federal Government

January 2025

  1. Will CBS Defend “60 Minutes” or Will It Pay Off Trump?
  2. Simon Rosenberg: Trump Is Responsible for Chaos, Mayhem, Disruption
  3. CBS In Talks with Trump to Settle a Ridiculous lawsuit
  4. The Christian Case for Separation of Church and State
  5. Tennessee: Legislature Passes Universal Vouchers, State Will Pay for All Students
  6. Why Paul Krugman Left The New York Times
  7. Trump Signs Executive Order Threatening to Punish Schools that Teach About Racism and Gender
  8. Trump Signs Executive Order Directing Federal Funds to School Choice, Directly Attacking Public Schools
  9. Jim Acosta Signs Off at CNN
  10. TIME: RFK Jr. on Vaccines
  11. Trump Administration Rescinds Funding Freeze
  12. Trump Appoints Vocal Critic of DEI to Lead Civil Rights Commission
  13. Heather Cox Richardson: The Facts About Our Blow-Up with Colombia
  14. Peter Greene: The Ultimate AI School Offers 2 Hours of Instruction Daily!
  15. Unprecedented: Trump Shuts Down Almost All Federal Funding, But DC Judge Freezes Trump’s Freeze
  16. Unprecedented: Trump Shuts Down All Federal Funding
  17. ProPublica: Trump Chooses Lawyer as #2 at EPA Who Opposes EPA Regulations
  18. Texas: Governor Abbott Has No Mandate for Vouchers
  19. Greg Palast: Trump Lost Due to GOP Voter Suppression
  20. This Is Happening in Our Country Today
  21. John Thompson: Is There Hope For Change in Oklahoma?
  22. Bill Gates Says It is “Insane” to Allow Elon Musk to Destabilize Politics in Other Countries
  23. Politifact: Did Governor Newsom Cut the Firefighting Budget?
  24. Colombia Refuses to Allow U.S. Flights with Immigrants to Land; Trump Responds with a 25% Tariff
  25. Pete Hegseth’s Un-American Religious Views
  26. Joel Westheimer: The Gilded Age of Tech Plutocracy
  27. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Fired Inspectors General Illegally. Do Republicans Care?
  28. Bridgeport Public Schools Defends Immigrant Students
  29. Scott Maxwell: How Did Matt Gaetz Escape Accountability?
  30. U.S. Supreme Court Will Decide Case of Oklahoma Religious Charter School: CODE RED!
  31. A Very Important Letter to Pete Hegseth
  32. “Dear Mr. Trump: I Love Your Plan for the United States of Canada!”
  33. The Most Terrifying Article You Will Read This Week or Month
  34. TIME: Fossil Fuel Billionaires Strike It Rich!
  35. Trump’s Schedule F Is a Blatant Power Grab
  36. Texas Adopts Bible-Based Lessons for K-5 Classes
  37. Daniel Dale of CNN Fact-Checks Trump
  38. Trump Demands Apology from Bishop Who Asked Him to Emulate Jesus
  39. Will New Hampshire Undermine Its Public Schools by Expanding Vouchers?
  40. Mercedes Schneider: Trump Picks Controversial Penny Schwinn as #2 at Ed. Dept.
  41. Trump Turns Tech Billionaires into Lap Dogs
  42. 18 States Sue to Block Trump Order to Eliminate “Birthright Citizenship”
  43. Jeff Tiedrich: Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute
  44. Jim Stewartson: The Rise of Trump’s Brownshirts and the Death of the Rule of Law
  45. Media Sanewashes Trump, Fearful of His Vengeance
  46. AP: Senior Taliban Official Calls for Removing Ban on Women’s Education
  47. Tennessee: Governor Lee Pushing Vouchers, Despite Cost, Lack of Accountability, and Bigotry
  48. Ohio Passes Its Own “Don’t Say Gay” Law
  49. First Day Statement by the White House
  50. Andy Borowitz: DC Builds Fence to Keep Sexual Predator Away from Public
  51. Ann Telnaes: It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
  52. Heather Cox Richardson: Remembering a Hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  53. Trump Launches One More Grift Before Inauguration
  54. Greg Olear: What Will Save Us
  55. Paul Krugman: What Do the Billionaires Really Want?
  56. Andy Borowitz’s Suggestions of What to Watch Instead of the Inauguration
  57. Heather Cox Richardson: A New Era of Lies and Corruption Begins
  58. RFK Jr. Tried to Block COVID Vaccines at Height of Pandemic
  59. Jeff Tiedrich: This Week in Stupid
  60. Heather Cox Richardson: Republicans Abandoned Democracy to Stay in Power
  61. New York Times: Critics Insist that ERA Was NOT Passed
  62. Biden Makes the Equal Rights Amendment Official!
  63. Jan Resseger: Trump Will Inflict Massive Trauma on Immigrant Children
  64. Florida: Professors File Federal Lawsuit Against DeSantis’s Anti-DEI Law
  65. Sherrilyn Ifill: The Truth
  66. Doktor Zoom: We Are Going to Miss Joe Biden!
  67. James Fallows: Joe Biden’s Surprising Farewell Address
  68. 400+ Journalists at “Washington Post” Sign Petition to Bezos
  69. Canadian Member of Parliament Offers to Take California, Oregon, and Washington State
  70. A Corporate Lobbyist Will Run Trump’s White House
  71. Two of Baton Rouge’s Largest Charters Closing as IDEA Chain Fails and Quits
  72. Jeff Tiedrich: The Nasty Pete Hegseth Clown Show
  73. Jay Kuo Reports on Pete Hegseth’s Refusal to Answer Questions at His Hearings
  74. Texas: Moderate Republican Wins as Speaker of the House with Democratic Votes
  75. The Nation: Linda McMahon’s Very Important Rightwing Think Tank
  76. “Democracy”: Billionaire Bezos Abjectly Kisses Trump’s Ring
  77. Jennifer Rubin: Media Discovers that Bidenomics Works!
  78. Guess Who Will Attend Trump’s Inauguration and Sit on the Platform?
  79. Heather Cox Richardson: Trump Will Purge Those Who Are Not Loyal to Him
  80. Jan Resseger: Voucher Leader in Ohio Legislature Says Public Schools Cost Too Much
  81. ProPublica: Secret Papers Reveal How Ohio Politicians Worked with Religious Allies to Get Vouchers for All
  82. Jennifer Rubin: Why We Started The Contrarian
  83. Jennifer Rubin: Why I Resigned from The Washington Post
  84. Jennifer Rubin Is Leaving the Washington Post
  85. Jeff Tiedrich: Trump Goes Full-MAGA on L.A. Fires
  86. As L.A. Fires Destroy Thousands of Homes, Climate Change Deniers Unleash Conspiracy Theories
  87. Karen Francisco: The Roots of the Charter School Grift in Indiana
  88. Today is Jeff Bezos’ Birthday
  89. Autocracy in North Carolina: Who Won the Election for State Supreme Court?
  90. Editor at Washington Post Defends Killing Cartoon Critical of Bezos
  91. Write Merrick Garland. Urge Him to Release Jack Smith’s Report, in Full!
  92. Just Published: My Review of the Trump Education Agenda
  93. Don’t Be Tricked into Giving Up Your Medicare!
  94. Dan Rather: Is Jeff Bezos Killing the Washington Post?
  95. One of America’s Founding Principles at Risk: Freedom of Religion AND Freedom from Religion
  96. Biden Protects 1 Million Immigrants by Granting Them Temporary Protected Status
  97. Jeff Tiedrich: Trump Gets Almost What He Deserves
  98. The Bulwark: Biden Should Release Jack Smith’s Report: All of It
  99. It’s Official: Trump Is a Convicted Felon!
  100. Steve Schmidt: Trump’s Insults to Canada Are Disgusting
  101. The GOP Won the House Thanks to Gerrymandering
  102. Sherrilyn Ifill: How to Survive in the New Trump Era
  103. Amazon Pays $40 Million for Documentary About Melania
  104. Tom Ultican: Join Me at the NPE Conference in Columbus!
  105. Chris Tomlinson: Jimmy Carter Was a Model for All of Us
  106. Indianapolis: Privatizers Want to Eliminate Public Schools, Replace Them All with Charter Schools
  107. Scott Dworkin: Trump’s Unhinged “Press Conference”
  108. Florida: Trump Plan to Deport TPS Immigrants Will Be a Disaster for the State
  109. Trump Says He Understands Why Putin Does not Want Ukraine to Join NATO
  110. Heather Cox Richardson: Biden Strengthens Record on Conservation, Trump Babbles and Threatens Our Allies
  111. Trump Flunkie Judge Aileen Cannon Blocks Release of Jack Smith Report
  112. The 500 Richest People in the World Now Have $10 Trillion in Wealth
  113. Peter Greene: Arizona Squanders Taxpayer $$ By Funding Failure
  114. ProPublica: If the Future of Education is Arizona, It Is Dreadful
  115. Never Forget What Trump Said to the Mob He Summoned on Jan 6
  116. Carol Burris: The End Goal of “School Choice” Is the Death of Public Schools
  117. Adam Kinzinger: Trump’s Lies About January 6 Are Unacceptable
  118. January 6, 2021: A Day That Will Live in Infamy
  119. Do Oligarch-Owned Media Want a Free and Fearless Press?
  120. More About the Washington Post Editorial Cartoonist Who Quit Rather than Be Censored
  121. Alexandra Petri: Why Not Try a New Approach to Deadly Diseases?
  122. Sanewashing Quack Science? The Case of RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz
  123. Whooping Cough Cases Soar; Health Officials Blame Decline in Vaccinations
  124. Scott Tomlinson: Texas Voters Are in for a Rude Surprise
  125. When Private Equity Takes Over Healthcare, Costs Rise, Quality Declines
  126. Editorial Cartoonist at Washington Post Quits After Her Cartoon Was Killed
  127. Suicide Bomber in Las Vegas Positively Identified by Clark County Coroner
  128. Trump World Is Heading for Chaos
  129. Michigan: What Are Charter Schools Trying to Hide?
  130. ProPublica: Ohio Pays to Expand Religious Schools
  131. Oklahoma’s State Schools Chief Blames Teachers for Terrorism
  132. Police Identify Driver of Tesla That Exploded at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
  133. Jeff Tiedrich: The Origins of the “Immigrant-Did-It” Story
  134. Brian Stelter: The Rush to Judgment, As Usual, Was Wrong
  135. Heather Cox Richardson: MAGA Threatens the Ideals of Liberal Democracy
  136. John Thompson: This Worked in My Classroom
  137. Jan Resseger: Project 2025 and the Demise of Civil Rights Protections
  138. Trump Issues Statement on New Orleans Terrorist Attack, Blaming Immigrants, But He Was Wrong
  139. Happy New Year!!

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