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Why Charter Schools Are Losing Support from Democrats

Progressive political candidates and office holders have had little to say about school vouchers and charter schools. They'll need to wise up soon, as vouchers and charters are rapidly being defined by an emboldened grassroots as not at all progressive. Netroots...

Charlottesville Leaders Call for Racial Equity

The widespread outrage sparked by white supremacist violence in Charlottesville may prompt dialogue and action nationwide to promote racial equity, according to leaders from the Virginia city. “They wanted to think they could intimidate us, but it didn’t work - it...

After Bannon, Do Hawks Rule the Roost?

Don’t get me wrong. I hardly mourn Steve Bannon’s departure from government. Writing in The Huffington Post  last summer, right after Bannon replaced Paul Manafort as Trump’s campaign manager, I was one of the first to warn of the dangers Bannon posed. Having  met...

What To Make Of The Democrats' Growing Divide On Education

At the same time Donald Trump's vile presidency is unifying Democratic resistance to his policies on civil rights, healthcare, and immigration, his views on education policy, and those of his Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, are dividing Democrats. Evidence of this...

As Trump Hits a New Low, Here's How We Go High

It has, today, come to this: The person holding the title of president of the United States in 2017 decries the loss of "beautiful statues and monuments" to white supremacy, "sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart." This is a new...

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