Is teaching about the history of racism in America unpatriotic? The current administration says it is, and they have funding cuts to back them up. We hear another view. Hosted by Kris Welch. Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash
Betsy DeVos
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election; Top Student Loan Watchdog Resigns over Trump Admin Doing Bidding of Predatory Lenders; Books, Not Magazines: Outcry Grows over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools; Puerto Rico Raises Official Death Toll to … Continued
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election
Meet Crystal Mason, the Black Texas Mother Facing 5+ Years in Prison for Voting in the 2016 Election; Top Student Loan Watchdog Resigns over Trump Admin Doing Bidding of Predatory Lenders; Books, Not Magazines: Outcry Grows over DeVos Plan to Divert Federal Funds and Put Guns in Schools; Puerto Rico Raises Official Death Toll to … Continued
Trump Replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo at State; Torturer Named New Head of CIA; Jeremy Scahill: Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Ran Secret Torture Black Site; “Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites; Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools.
Trump Replaces Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo at State; Torturer Named New Head of CIA; Jeremy Scahill: Trump CIA Pick Gina Haspel Ran Secret Torture Black Site; “Unprecedented & Shocking”: Armed Secret Service Agents Should Not Be Allowed at Polling Sites; Charterize, Privatize, Christianize: The DeVos-Backed Policies That “Gutted” Michigan Public Schools.
Outrage Mounts as Saudi Arabia Plans Imminent Executions for 14 Accused Pro-Democracy Protesters; How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Undermines Civil Rights & Favors Predatory Lenders Over Students; In Precedent-Setting Trial, Lawyers Say Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban is Discriminatory & Illegal; From Pence to Price: How Big Tobacco Gained Massive Influence Under Trump, Plans to Expand … Continued
Outrage Mounts as Saudi Arabia Plans Imminent Executions for 14 Accused Pro-Democracy Protesters; How Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Undermines Civil Rights & Favors Predatory Lenders Over Students; In Precedent-Setting Trial, Lawyers Say Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Ban is Discriminatory & Illegal; From Pence to Price: How Big Tobacco Gained Massive Influence Under Trump, Plans to Expand … Continued
The State of Education Under Trump
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Chicago educator and activist David Stoval speaks about the state of education under Trump and his new book
Donald Trump’s widely condemned nomination of billionaire Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary was pushed through by a tie-breaking vote of Vice President Mike Pence. We’ll turn to our education correspondent Kevin Kumashiro on the political fight that transpired. And, Trump has declared war on the nation’s wealthiest and most populous state. In the battle of … Continued
Vice President Mike Pence casts the tie-breaking vote to confirm billionaire private school advocate and Republican donor Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary. The Senate is expected to take up the nomination of Jeff Sessions as Attorney General tomorrow. A three judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hears arguments on whether to maintain … Continued