Oklahoma Teachers Strike for a 4th Day to Protest Rock-Bottom Education Funding

The state legislature has approved an increase in teacher pay, but teachers still haven’t returned to their classrooms, demanding more funding for education in a state that has slashed it dramatically—and paid the price.

Bryce Covert

Letters From the April 30-May 7, 2018, Issue

Bills and strikes… Cold as ICE…

Our Readers

Show Your Support for Teachers Striking in Oklahoma

You can also attend a town hall to end gun violence and ask small businesses near you to publicly support net neutrality.

NationAction

No Wonder Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough

Public-school teachers around the country have been asked to do more with less.

Bryce Covert

What Happens When You Put Young People of Color at the Center of #NeverAgain

Gun control becomes only one part of the larger solution to violence in our communities.

Lori Bezahler

6 Months After Maria, Puerto Ricans Face a New Threat—Education Reform

Colonialism and disaster capitalism are dismantling Puerto Rico’s public-school system.  

Yarimar Bonilla, Rima Brusi and Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan

Why Are Schools Still Accepting NRA Money?

NRA Foundation grants to youth programs like Eddie Eagle help explain why guns are so popular in the US.

Sophie Kasakove

The West Virginia Teachers Strike Shows That Winning Big Requires Creating a Crisis

The strikers won all five of their demands by shutting down every public school in the state.

Jane McAlevey

Magnum Farce

Ward Sutton

West Virginia Teachers Are Resurrecting the State’s Rich History of Labor Activism

But with politicians skirting an overdue reckoning with the energy industry, more struggles are ahead.

Elizabeth Catte