I don’t know about you, but Greta Thunberg and President Obama are two of my heroes. Greta is the 16 year old student from Sweden who started the climate crisis movement, Friday Strike, by sitting in front of Sweden’s Parliament building on Fridays.
Enough said. Please watch the video.
Trump and McMahon do not know how federal and state governments are integral to public education. This system supports about 50 million students in K-12 and more than 13 million in public colleges.
President Jimmy Carter’s administration helped establish the Federal Department of Education. Ever since conservative politicians have gone out of their way to dismantle it. Ronald Reagan was the first to go after it. Now, we have Donald Trump and his crony Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment. Trump signed an executive order to “begin eliminating” the Department of Education.
In Volker Ullrich’s book, Germany 1923, he focuses on an “intoxicating time” in the year 1923. He points out that there were constant calls for a strongman. A savior was needed to lift Germany out of misery and desperation. This began after the collapse of...
I received this letter from the American Civil Liberties Union, addressed to Mr. Trump. As America’s anti-democratic turn imperils the free world, the ACLU will be a crucial defender.
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