What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike What Rydell High School Can Teach Us about the LA Teachers Strike
As teachers in Denver and Oakland head toward their own strikes, it’s worth doubling down on the lessons from LA.
Feb 7, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
2019 Will Be the Worst Year of Trump’s Life 2019 Will Be the Worst Year of Trump’s Life
John Nichols on the White House, Sarah Jaffe on the LA teachers’ strike, and Sean Wilentz on slavery and the constitution.
Jan 24, 2019 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Rams’ Stan Kroenke Represents the Worst of the NFL The Rams’ Stan Kroenke Represents the Worst of the NFL
This year’s Super Bowl pits two odious teams against one another.
Jan 23, 2019 / Dave Zirin
‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’ ‘This Is Much Bigger Than Us, Than Our Union, Even Than Our City’
How LA’s teachers joined forces with the community and won a landmark labor contract.
Jan 23, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike The Radical Organizing That Paved the Way for LA’s Teachers’ Strike
In 2014, a progressive Union Power caucus took over UTLA—and that has made all the difference.
Jan 19, 2019 / Sarah Jaffe
South Dakota’s Cruel Attack on Trans High School Athletes South Dakota’s Cruel Attack on Trans High School Athletes
South Dakota’s Senate Bill 49 is a transparent attack on the most vulnerable of high-school students.
Jan 16, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike Stand With Los Angeles Teachers on Strike
Plus ways to support furloughed federal workers and oppose Betsy Devos’s destructive sexual-assault policies.
Jan 15, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction
‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’ ‘This Model of Education Is Not Sustainable’
Yes, raises are important, but LA’s teachers are striking so their students have a fair shot at an education.
Jan 15, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About
California is home to the industrial giants of Silicon Valley, the film industry, and the largest agricultural sector in the nation, but it has starved its public schools of resour...
Jan 14, 2019 / Pedro Noguera
LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet
The Los Angeles teachers’ strike begins today. It’s going to be the most difficult struggle so far in the educators’ revolt sweeping the country.
Jan 14, 2019 / Eric Blanc