Warren Wants to End Vouchers and Tax Credits for Private Schools and Rein in Charters
Bernie Sanders sent shockwaves in May when he endorsed the NAACP’s call for banning for-profit charters. Warren matched and raised.
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Bernie Sanders Stood Up to Teach for America When Congress Wouldn't
“When we have highly qualified teachers, we don’t want all of those teachers being in upper-middle-class neighborhoods educating kids to go to Harvard and Yale."
Ohio Progressive Morgan Harper Raised $323,000 in First Quarter of House Race
“What candidates like Morgan Harper and Jessica Cisneros are saying is that any Democrat representing a safe Democratic district should be put on watch.”
Nina Turner, Bernie Sanders's Campaign Chair, Led Charge for Education Reform as Ohio Legislator
Nina Turner said she’s “definitely evolved” since her time in the Ohio state Senate, but she remains proud of pro-charter policies she helped pass.
Ending GM’s Two-Tiered Labor System Is UAW Members’ Top Demand — and Part of a Bigger Fight Against Worker Misclassification
“These classification disputes, from my perspective, seem to be growing and tracks on to the same battles over classification in California with Uber and Lyft.”
Climate Crimes
The Environmental Left Is Softening on Carbon Capture Technology. Maybe That's OK.
There is evidence that some groups on the left are willing to moderate their maximalist opposition to investing in carbon capture technology.
How Democrats Plan to Win Wisconsin in 2020
The efforts to retake Wisconsin, which Trump won by 23,000 votes, include new investments in field organizing and a targeted focus on communities of color.
Amid Conservative Assault on Organized Labor, Democratic Lawmakers Are Advancing Laws to Expand Workers’ Rights
Nevada and Delaware passed laws this summer giving public-sector workers the right to collectively bargain. Colorado is expected to follow suit next year.
A California Bill Could Transform the Lives of Gig Workers. Silicon Valley Wants Labor’s Help To Stop It.
Gig economy workers who support the legislation view it as a necessary step toward their ability to collectively organize. Uber and Lyft want a workaround.
How Morgan Harper’s Ohio Primary Challenge Explains the House Democratic Meltdown
Incumbent Democrats are lashing out. To get a sense of why, the case of Columbus, Ohio, is instructive.