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12/16/21

Fighting to teach honest history in New Hampshire

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12/14/21

Black, Hispanic students shortchanged on faculty

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12/14/21

Reading Opens the World: Connecting Families, Educators and Communities in the Love of Reading

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12/07/21

Cancel student debt now

Student Loans
11/22/21

Vaccines for children could be the ‘game changer’

Vaccine town hall
11/19/21

AFT launches School Meals for All campaign

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11/18/21

Strike averted with groundbreaking adjunct contract in California

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11/10/21

Weingarten to striking members: ‘Your union supports you 1,000 percent’

Video call with Randi Weingarten, Rosemary Boland, Jodi Barschow, Mia McIver
11/02/21

Lifting Latinx voices in schools and reimagining the old ‘normal’

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10/27/21

Spreading the word: Student debt relief is here

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10/26/21

AFT civil rights conference underscores building community as the way forward

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10/25/21

Unions hold colleges accountable on equity

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10/15/21

Healthcare workers in Oregon vote to authorize a strike against Kaiser

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10/14/21

Together again, honoring the work of public employees

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10/13/21

AFT settles student debt lawsuit, wins big gains for borrowers

Loan borrowers with Randi Weingarten

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