They are not just MAGA culture warriors banning books and fomenting anti-LGBTQ hysteria and hate. They are part of a national network of right-wing activists on a crusade to dismantle public education.
SPLC frames the rise of these groups as a “reemergence of the attack on inclusive schools” and position the current culture war panic in the long history of such panics.
This group’s money is building a far-right infrastructure state by state that is undermining electoral democracy, dismantling the separation of church and state, attacking public education, and eroding workers’ rights.
“Our end goal is that every single kid who leaves Pennridge loves this country and understands our constitution,” said board member Ricki Chaikin. “Right now, that’s not happening.”
The suit is being litigated by The Thomas More Society, a conservative Christian law firm which has worked cases challenging both abortion and birth control, LGBTQ rights, and virtually all pandemic mitigation strategies.
Pennsylvania taxpayers are overpaying for a form of schooling that simply does not deliver the results that even approach what we get from our (underfunded) public school system.
David Valesky, who thinks Black Lives Matter is a “hate group” and LGBTQ books are “evil,” believes he has God on his side in his book banning crusade and that trumps law.
Taxpayers don’t have a choice when it comes to their money funding a largely unregulated and underperforming industry at the expense of public schools.
Many charter school businesses use public tax dollars to profit from real estate dealings rather than actually focusing on student needs.
Weiss speaks about her new book “Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement,” which comes out March 4.
The solution to Trump and Musk’s trickle down chaos is organizing and solidarity.
The Democratic-majority court has played a big role in defusing election challenges. Now Republicans are mobilizing for a takeover.
By denying the realities of sex, gender, and race, the White House’s statements worsen inequity and cause harm.
Why isn’t the corporate media reporting about this more, or in many cases at all?
