Education
Republicans want to fine, fire, and lock up teachers who demand better school funding.
By Eric Boehlert - April 23, 2018
After spending months rolling back federal guidelines to protect students’ rights, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos claims her opposition to teacher walkouts is all about the children.
By Matthew Chapman - April 09, 2018
Teachers are fighting back against years of massive red state budget cuts.
By Eric Boehlert - March 30, 2018
On the eve of the March For Our Lives, Shareblue Media was invited to meet with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi was also there, praising these brave young activists.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 25, 2018
Education secretary Betsy DeVos now blames “editing” for why she came across so poorly in her jaw-droppingly bad “60 Minutes” interview.
By Oliver Willis - March 13, 2018
Betsy DeVos tried to do damage control after her embarrassing interview. But it only made her look more incompetent.
By Caroline Orr - March 12, 2018
Gov. Jim Justice needs to learn how to read a room.
By Matthew Chapman - February 26, 2018
Trump has a very strong opinion on letting teacher carry guns. He just doesn’t seem to know what it is.
By Matthew Chapman - February 22, 2018
“We need to do things to keep regular American citizens safe.”
By Eric Boehlert - February 15, 2018
Trying to implement Trump’s radical agenda, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos remains on the run from educators.
By Eric Boehlert - February 09, 2018
Months after Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos posed with Special Olympics athletes at a Capitol Hill event, the Trump administration’s proposed budget slashes funding for the program that helps so many. In February, DeVos participated in the organization’s event, and according to Special Olympics, “heard first-hand from athletes and family members about the impact Special […]
By Oliver Willis - May 24, 2017
Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
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Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today
Rollins, a former federal prosecutor, is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Ken Calvert.
By Jesse Valentine
Ashcroft has criticized other campaigns for relying on out-of-state donors
By Jesse Valentine
Campaign says GOP Senate hopeful has no responsibility for facility and lawsuit lacks merit
By Erik Gunn, Wisconsin Examiner
A federal law that allows emergency departments to treat patients without regard to their ability to pay will be under U.S. Supreme Court scrutiny this week, and Ohio doctors are concerned about the case’s local impact on emergency abortion care.
By Susan Tebben, Ohio Capital Journal
Virginia set to receive $156 million from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program
By Charlie Paullin, Virginia Mercury
‘Having the president of the United States speaking out loud and with confidence about abortion access is a great thing’
By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
A national group focused on expanding access to the ballot box for those with disabilities is launching a chapter in Alabama.
By Ralph Chapoco, Alabama Reflector
Organizers say fundraising begins now for inclusion on the 2026 ballot
By Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun
Bills that would allow trained pharmacists to prescribe birth control were approved Thursday by the Michigan House Health Policy Committee.
By Katie O'Brien Kelley, Michigan Advance