Education

Come 'Say This to My Face,' Says Ayanna Pressley After Betsy DeVos Compares Being Pro-Choice to Being Pro-Slavery

'Champion for Educators and Working Class': Largest Teachers Union in Nevada Endorses Bernie Sanders

Jon Queally, staff writer

"I thank the Clark County Education Association for their support," Sanders said in response, "and look forward to their partnership in transforming our country and defeating the most dangerous president in modern history."

Defying Threat of Termination, 1,200 Florida Teachers Rally to Save Public Education

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Florida teachers are rallying for fair pay and better funding for schools, and...

With New Plan, Warren Pledges to End 'Shameful' Economic Injustices for Americans With Disabilities

Julia Conley, staff writer

"People with disabilities are still fighting for economic security, equal...

Sanders Report Shows How Millennial Generation Is 'Being Punished With Crushing Student Debt and Low-Paying Jobs'

Leaked Draft of Trump Anti-Semitism Executive Order Raises Concerns About Campuses Cracking Down on Critics of Israel

Declaring 'Buttigieg Is Wrong,' Bernie Sanders Makes Case for Tuition-Free Public College and Universal Programs

'Flat-Out Corruption': DeVos Accused of Scheming to Stop Next President From Canceling Student Loan Debt

Progressives Fire Back at Buttigieg's 'Bad Faith' Claim That Tuition-Free College Proposals Are Elitist

Brown University Committee Votes in Favor of Divesting From Companies Complicit in Human Rights Abuses in Palestine

Progressives Condemn 'Nonsensical and Dishonest' Pete Buttigieg Ad Attacking Free Public College

NYC Students Strike to Demand Racial Equity in Nation's Largest—and Most Segregated—School District

Not 'Free Stuff,' But Public Goods: Ocasio-Cortez Denounces Neoliberal Talking Points on Publicly-Funded Education and Housing

Billionaire Walton Family Behind Pro-Charter School Protest at Warren Rally

Applauding Record of Standing Up to 'Charter Billionaires,' United Teachers Los Angeles Endorses Bernie Sanders

'Schools of Mass Destruction': Report Details 49 US Universities Abetting Nuclear Weapons Complex

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Where $300 Million Of Our Money Went Wednesday - Hint: Not Education - Which Was Still Way Cheaper Than Tuesday

In the name of a sometimes questionable transparency - if you don't like something but can't do much about it, does it help to know about it? - the Defense Department publishes daily reports on the contracts they've awarded. On Jan. 14, it authorized spending over $800 million on military equipment and services. That was down to just under $300 million the next day, when the House passed a massive budget bill that includes $572 billion for defense - down from what was requested, but still...