Jan Resseger: Two Decades of Tax-Cutting in Ohio Have Helped the Rich and...
Jan Resseger writes here about Ohio’s passion for cutting taxes, which benefits the wealthiest Ohioans and diminishes public services. She writes: As we head toward the November election, Policy...
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Economic Policy Institute: Vouchers Undermine Opportunity
The Economic Policy Institute is a nonpartisan think tank that leans left, which is a rarity in D.C., where billionaires shower their largesse on rightwing think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and...
View ArticleMedia Matters: A Definitive Guide to Project 2025
Media Matters has done a thorough review of the contents of Project 2025, which was written as a playbook for the next Trump administration. It was released and posted on the web in 2023, without...
View ArticleBrookings Institution: What Project 2025 Means for Education
A group of scholars at the Brookings Institution analyzed Project 2025’s proposals for education and their implications. What struck me as most bizarre about Project 2025 was not its efforts to...
View ArticlePublic Education Has Been Ignored in the Campaign, But It Is on the Ballot
It’s hard to notice something that is invisible, but it is indeed obvious that there has been no discussion of education in the Presidential campaign. It’s not as if education is unimportant:...
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Mercedes Schneider: Trump’s Plans for Education
If Trump follows through with his education proposals, if the Republican-controlled Congress lets him do it, America’s students and teachers are in for a world of hurt. Mercedes Schneider writes here...
View ArticleHeather Cox Richardson: Trump Attacks the Foundations of Our Government
In this post, Heather Cox Richardson demonstrates why she has over one million paid subscribers. She brilliantly weaves together events of the day to show the pattern on the rug. The economy is...
View ArticleWhat’s on the Musk-Ramaswamy Chopping Block?
Trump put Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of a “Department of Government Efficiency” and told them to have fun cutting the federal budget. A billionaire and a millionaire who know nothing...
View ArticleHeather Cox Richardson: Eliminating the Department of Education?
Trump has promised to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. He needs Congressional approval to do it. Trump made this promise during the campaign. The details are spelled out in Project 2025....
View ArticlePolitico Reporter Falls in Love with Voucher Pusher
Yeah, yeah, I know it’s a strange headline, but it’s true. Here is the story: Politico reporter goes to Arizona to cover the voucher story. Discovers that the chief advocate for vouchers is a...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on the Trump Education Agenda
I was interviewed by Josephine Lee of The Texas Observer. She asked about growing up in Houston and my thoughts about Trump’s education agenda. It’s a conversation, not an article. I will write more...
View ArticleWill Congress and the Supreme Court Allow Trump to Seize Control of “the...
A blogger called “That’s Another Fine Mess” wrote about an important question: who controls the Power of the Purse? The Constitution says that power belongs to the House of Representatives. But Trump...
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Watch as Republicans Grovel Before Elon and Vivek
This is a sickening article that appeared in The Irish Times about a meeting on Capitol Hill between Congressional leaders and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Why is it sickening? It shows our elected...
View ArticlePeter Greene: Will Trump Achieve His Education Goals?
Peter Greene writes about the contradiction at the heart of Trump’s education goals. On the one hand, Trump says he will eliminate the Department of Education and turn federal funding over to the...
View ArticleTexas: Dan Patrick Wants to Replace Public Schools with Christian Schools
Dan Patrick is the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, a powerful position in the state. He used to be a rightwing radio talk show host, a little Rush Limbaugh. Now he’s in a position to do real damage, not...
View ArticleHeather Cox Richardson: MAGA Threatens the Ideals of Liberal Democracy
Heather Cox Richardson recalls the days of bipartisan consensus around the goals of liberal democracy, in which government protected the rights of individuals. By today’s MAGA standards, President...
View ArticleScott Tomlinson: Texas Voters Are in for a Rude Surprise
Scott Tomlinson, opinion writer for The Houston Chronicle, predicts that MAGA voters, especially in Texas, are soon to have an unwelcome surprise, thanks to the DOGE commission of Elon and Vivek. They...
View ArticleJust Published: My Review of the Trump Education Agenda
This article just appeared on the website of The New York Review of Books. https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/01/11/their-kind-of-indoctrination/ It is my review of Trump’s plans for K-12 education....
View ArticleHeather Cox Richardson: Trump Will Purge Those Who Are Not Loyal to Him
Heather Cox Richardson reports on the preparations for Trump’s return to the White House. At the top of the priority list is removing all those officials who are not loyal to Trump. Forget the fact...
View ArticleSherrilyn Ifill: The Truth
Sherrilyn Ifill is a law professor who holds an endowed chair at Howard University. She is a former president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In this post, she offers sage advice...
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