In the leadup to the midterm elections, pundits predicted a red wave, even a tsunami, based on polls, historical precedent, and steep gas and grocery prices. But I had my doubts. I spent the weeks before the elections talking to voters and traveling on the AFT Votes bus, rolling through… [Read More ->>]
Photo copyrighted, Allen Russell, https://www.allenrussellphoto.com/indexLucy Real Bird is Apsáalooke. That doesn’t just mean that she is an enrolled member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation, which she is. Or even that she is a member of a family prominent among Apsáalooke leaders, dancers and bead artists.It means that, every day, she embodies… [Read More ->>]
The ink on Aladji Sow’s retirement papers was barely dry when he decided to become a political volunteer. Sow, a retired member of the United Federation of Teachers, traveled to Detroit in August to attend the AFT’s political boot camp. “Boot camp was awesome,” says Sow. “I learned different facets… [Read More ->>]
American teachers have a long history of offering support and solidarity to their sisters and brothers around the world in times of crisis. Earlier this month, I traveled to Lviv, Ukraine, to visit schools and meet with internally displaced teachers, labor leaders, education officials and children.After being bombed, brutalized and… [Read More ->>]
From left, Amanda Curtis and Moffie FunkEducation politics in Montana had gotten out of hand. At one public meeting, a lawyer for anti-mask parents suggested school superintendents be shot. Riled up about mask mandates, CRT and the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in school curricula, people regularly shouted each other down at… [Read More ->>]
Carol Gale, President
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Corey Moses, First Vice-President
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Stuart Beckford, Second Vice-President
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