Right-wing parents wanted to show a film suggesting public school teachers teach kids “X-rated sex acts.”
Failed GOP gubernatorial candidate William McSwain called Fugett Middle School’s student club “leftist political indoctrination.” Of course this is who Central Bucks School District wants to hire.
The right-wing majority school board’s paranoia that teachers are “coercing” and “indoctrinating” students has manifested itself in a policy that will lead to censorship in classrooms.
Compared to other local school districts, Palisades teachers receive among the lowest professional salaries in Bucks County.
“The message that is really being said to our young people is that, ‘You are controversial. We think you’re dangerous, we think you’re a threat, and we can’t talk about you.’”
The ACLU filed a complaint last week that lays bare the toxic, discriminatory environment for LGBTQ+ students in the district, thanks in part to Superintendent Lucabaugh and extremists on the school board.
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and Christian Nationalists. They also have a chapter in Bucks County.
We’re in the midst of an assault on public education that rivals the reactionary panics of the Red Scare and the McCarthy era.
The latest iteration of book bans target disfavored viewpoints by attempting to silence them in a manner that plainly violates the First Amendment rights of teachers, librarians, and students.
Like the militia movements, the concept of Christian nationalism is built on the rubble of fear and the perception that a way of life is under attack and therefore needs to be defended.
Newtown Township is considering a ban on certain single-use plastics and residents are encouraged to attend a special meeting Monday to learn more and show their support.
The Commonwealth Court dismissed a case brought by the Republican National Committee, arguing that counties allowing voters to fix errors on their ballot had violated state law.
This national organizing effort is set to reach campuses from coast to coast, with demonstrations, labor organizing workshops, and other events focusing on worker justice.
The Women’s Law Project is asking you to make a telephone call to help move legislation to ban this practice out of the House Health Committee.
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