News and Advocacy

Cleaning House: The End of CPS's Contract with Aramark

As the custodial management contract with Aramark inside Chicago Public Schools (CPS) comes to an end, there’s a palpable mix of anticipation and reservation.The decision to bring management back unde

Data-Driven AP Lifts Up Students, Teachers

Lizzy Crispin headed the committee that led Leonardo Da Vinci High School to become the first and only Blue Ribbon high school in Buffalo, New York.

Increase in Job-Related Deaths

Overall, fatalities on the job rose 5.7%. The rise in fatal occupational injuries from 2021 to 2022 is “alarming and unacceptable” to the AFL-CIO.

Education Spending Sees Modest Gains in Deal on Federal Budget

Federal K–12 education spending will see an approximate increase of 3% from last year.

School Choice at White House; Report Says Feds Wasting Millions on Charters

Calling it "educational freedom," President Trump held a roundtable discussion.

Working-Class Media Needed in United States

The United States needs “a working-class media” to “recover” control of the national conversation about income inequality, class and race.

It's Time to Speak Out, Logan Tells Local 1 Leadership Conference

You are seeing activism all around this country by educators. Now what?

Inequality and the Iron Law of Decaying Public Services

Fires are raging everywhere in California these days, and firefighters are having enormous trouble keeping up. Chronically understaffed local fire departments simply don’t have the resources to handle Act #1 of what climate change has in store for us.

Nurses Union Endores Sanders

National Nurses United, the activist and progressive nurses union that was the first to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders’s 4 years ago, did it again.