An Illinois police officer’s viral claim that legal recreational marijuana in his state will lead to euthanasia of police dogs has been debunked. Earlier on Tuesday, Chad Larner, who is the director…
Next week, a union representing 30,000 school support staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District will stage a day-long strike for better treatment in the workplace. Despite a year of back-and-forth…
Teachers in deep-red states like Arizona, Kentucky, and Oklahoma may have won concessions from their Republican-controlled state governments, but there’s a catch. In various states where teachers walked out in protest of…
According to former Assistant U.S. Education Secretary Diane Ravitch, there will be a thousands-strong march led by teachers in North Carolina next week. In North Carolina, 8,000 teachers have signed up to…
Republican Governor Rick Scott of Florida came out in support of Puerto Rican statehood, following Tuesday’s May Day protests against austerity ending in tear gas. This happened today. This isn't a war…
If you want to know why thousands of Arizona teachers shut down schools across the state for Thursday’s massive statewide protest, follow the money. At least 1,000 schools with a combined 840,000+…
In 2015, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett promised the Milwaukee Bucks $250 million for a new stadium. This may help explain the deficit now faced by Milwaukee schools.…
Hemp can be used for various purposes, from textiles to food to fuel. And after Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin’s signature, farmers will be allowed to grow it. Gov. Fallin’s will launch the…
Two Republicans in the Colorado legislature have sponsored a bill that would penalize teachers with jail time if they go on strike. Two Republicans in the Colorado legislature have sponsored a bill…
Michigan is a troubled state. Free bottled water ended in early April after Flint, Michigan spent years with poisoned tap water, the state’s Republicans are looking to and the state’s welfare-to-work attitude…