Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Democrats in the Senate have announced that they will be holding the floor for the next 24 hours in order to protest against Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for secretary of education. Speaking from the Senate floor on Monday, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said: “In my mind, […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit These two GOP senators can’t bring themselves to vote “yes” on confirming Betsy DeVos. Betsy DeVos as head of the U.S. Dept. of Education? Not if GOP Senators Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) can help it. In most matters — including confirmations for President Donald […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit This teacher has the perfect response to all the hatred and bigotry surrounding the 2016 campaign. Hope rises from the ashes after a long and bitter campaign characterized by hatred and division, bigotry and scorn. GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network, is a “national education organization […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit A California NPR station published an anti-Trump comic book for use by high school educators teaching current events. KQED, a San Francisco Bay Area NPR affiliate, published an anti-Trump comic book this week casting Republican nominee Donald Trump as a part of the ‘History of Nativism in America.” […]
Share on Facebook Twitter Google+ E-mail Reddit Major contributors to Republican campaigns make it a point to charge poor people more for their services. There are approximately 77.2 million workers in the United States that are paid at hourly rates. That represents 58.7 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 1.3 million earned exactly […]