Nancy Flanagan 🎼

“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other idea for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.” John Dewey

Tradition began in Detroit in 1980, when activists started the Black Reading Month Committee. They promoted the celebration w/ book fairs, forums & other events. In 1985, the "Turn Off the TV" campaign became a key part of the movement. michiganadvance.com/briefs/septe...

This vision--go hard at teacher unions, double down on school accountability & vouchers--is inherently contradictory, a loser w/ voters. There may be no single less appealing sales pitch than ‘we’re going to close your school.’ Just ask former Chicago mayor Emmanuel dianeravitch.net/2025/09/02/j...

If public ed is to survive, Democrats will have to come up w/ explanation for why we have public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce prep. They would do well to revisit the left-wing scholars of an earlier era for whom education was a terrain of possibility. thebaffler.com/outbursts/un...

'it’s not just the national numbers that look bad. The Economist’s own model shows Trump underwater in every major swing state. In plain English, that means the very voters who handed him a second term are already regretting it.' unpresidented.substack.com/p/the-number...

Precisely.

Official website of USDA claims on November 1, the SNAP program will run out of funding. USDA asserts that Democrats are blocking funding to secure “health care for illegal immigrants” and funding for “gender mutilation procedures.” ALL of these claims are false. popular.info/p/choosing-t...

What kind of "bread and circuses" crap is this? Why would any child aspire to a profession, a creative life?

Exactly.

Not an exaggeration to say Trump envisions himself as commander-in-chief of a domestic military force that would target alleged criminals (but not white-collar), rid nation of undocumented people & remake America into a white, straight, male, Christian nation robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-just...

What a GREAT idea. Not the gotcha reels that demonstrate idiots out walking around— but legitimate polling around actual facts and events.