Not much reporting on this mass protest movement yet, but the Advocate reports Florida Students Plan Walkout to Protest Education Restrictions Next Friday: In response to what advocates have called an increasing number of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-education moves by the Florida state government, students across the Sunshine State will participate in the Walk Out To … Read more
The Republican solution to gun violence is always “more guns.” Their solution to mass shootings at schools is not responsible gun control and background checks, and an assault weapons ban, but to militarize our schools and turn them into hardened prisons with armed guards. Reminder: Nearly 400 armed law enforcement officials rushed to a mass shooting … Read more
MAGA Extremist Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature, otherwise known under the deceptive title of the “Freedom Caucus” are at it again. This time, their more extreme members, led by Jake Troll Farm-Fake Elector Hoffman, are making life harder for deaf and blind children who attend the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind. Let … Read more
The BASIS Tucson North charter in Oro Valley voted to unionize this past Wednesday night. By a 2 to 1 margin, teachers voted to found a local union chapter of the Arizona Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff. This charter is now the first in Arizona to have staff join a union, an affiliate of … Read more
“Phoenix now is our time. The Future is Phoenix, and the Future is everywhere we look: In a TSMC manufacturing facility. In our affordable housing communities. On rooftops covered in solar panels. In community college classrooms. In the shade of a newly planted tree. Regardless of what the future may hold – Phoenix is the … Read more