Ben Meiselas
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Trump’s ED War Gets CRUSHED by UNEXPECTED Resistance
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May 28, 2025
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29:25Now PlayingPublic education is one of the most important foundations of this nation. It was recognized by the Founding Fathers and has survived for 250 years as a key component of our democracy and future of this nation. The biggest fights in our history that led to important civil rights focused on education culminating with Brown v. Board of Education and the creation of the Department of Education. Now Donald Trump and his extremist allies are coming after the entire system with their Christian Nationalist agenda and greed. Fortunately the attacks are being met with ferocious resistance from public advocacy groups and educators who aren’t going to sit back and let it all be destroyed. Fred has an exclusive interview with AFT President Randi Weingarten. Randi is an eminent labor leader, attorney, and educator, she has sounded the alarm for decades that attacks on teachers are part of a larger, darker agenda — to undermine democracy, opportunity, and public education as we know it. When the Trump administration declared its intention to dismantle the Department of Education, that alarm became undeniable. Now she is leading the fight and has a new book, WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, to be published by Thesis, an imprint of Penguin Random House, on September 16, 2025. She and Fred discuss the importance of the fight to preserve education and where we go next. Don’t miss this one!
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