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<title><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/16158.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten]]></description><category domain="16158">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[America's Teachers Can't Afford To Teach]]></title>
							<link>https://time.com/article/2026/06/11/america-s-teachers-can-t-afford-to-teach/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Educators increasingly cannot afford even life's basic necessities, writes Randi Weingarten.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gutting Dept of Education Not Only iIllegal, But Wrong]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/randi-weingarten-trumps-decision-gut-education-department-not-only-illegal-its-wrong</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It is hard to imagine how 7.5 million kids with disabilities, 26 million kids from low-income families or 13 million young people who get financial aid for college won't be disserved.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Cowardly Betrayal of America's Children]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-education-department-layoffs-betray-teachers-children-rcna194367</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Diverting billions from our children to pay for tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy short-changes everyone.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Who Would Be Better President for the Working Class?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.newsweek.com/who-would-better-president-working-class-opinion-1948661</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris and Tim Walz stand for the things that matter most to the people I represent, who work in education, health care, and government service, and to all working people.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Public Schools Failing Because of MAGA Republicans]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/04/13/ron-desantis-republicans-trying-destroy-public-schools/11640432002/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Extremists are'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' hellbent on destroying public education to advance both a political and school privatization agenda.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Extremists Using Lies to Undermine America's Schools]]></title>
							<link>https://news.yahoo.com/extremists-using-lies-undermine-america-181206034.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Just as extremists have used the Big Lie about the 2020 presidential election to undermine American democracy, far-right advocates of privatizing public education are using Big Lies to undermine public schools. Supporters of public schools must see these ugly attacks for what they are...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[You Can't Keep Us From Teaching Students Honest History]]></title>
							<link>https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/opinions/teachers-union-critical-race-theory-schools-weingarten/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten writes that fears about critical race theory in schools are not only unfounded, but prevent teachers from teaching their students history to its fullest extent.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Must Fight Against LGBT Discrimination]]></title>
							<link>http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/12/opinions/north-carolina-restroom-law-markell-weingarten/index.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The story of America, at its best, is one of an ever-widening circle of inclusion, with each generation showing a greater openness to communities once excluded. But recent efforts to marginalize certain people and groups, specifically transgender and gender-nonconforming people, are an...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Workers' Rights and the Public Good]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randi-weingarten/workers-rights-and-the-pu_b_831858.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I recently had the terrifying experience of being a guest on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."  I put stage fright aside because Stephen Colbert, one of the sharpest  wits in comedy, was dealing with a serious issue -- attempts in  Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere to strip public...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When Teachers Are Slashed, Children Pay]]></title>
							<link>http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-08-07-weingarten09_ST_N.htm</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We can't "race to the top" if the bottom is falling out for school districts from coast to coast. The stakes are high and the situation is dire. For every layoff, for each day that's cut from a school week, for every course or program that's dropped, children are hurt.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'In...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Scapegoat the Teachers]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/03/opposing-view-dont-scapegoat-the-teachers.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A weekly series explores the issues of faith that are shaping our world.In Washington today, politicians too often just stand their ground. Liberal strategist Bob Beckel and conservative columnist Cal Thomas provide a better model.An at-a-glance look at online conversations selected for...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[McCain, Stop Putting Teachers in Corner]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/15/2008-08-15_mccain_stop_putting_teachers_in_corner-2.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Randi Weingarten</author>
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