The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
For more than a decade, state legislators—Democrats and Republicans alike—have marched the state off the proverbial financial cliff, then used budget shortfalls to push privatization.
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'They Cannot Ignore Us': Oklahoma Teachers Resolute as Walkout Enters Second Day
"They are counting on you to go away silently," the head of the state teachers' union said of the legislature, as 30,000 education supporters packed the Capitol on Monday demanding a teacher pay raise of $10,000 over the next 3 years.
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Fed Up with School Spending Cuts, Oklahoma Teachers Walk Out
“I’m fed up,” said Rusty Bradley, a high school technology teacher whose classroom computers are more than a decade old, as the bus rumbled toward the state Capitol.