Five million people participated in “No Kings Day” last Saturday, gathering in 2,100 towns and cities across America to protest expanded immigration enforcement, looming Medicaid cuts, and other Trump administration policies. Yet what lingers most is what happened the night before: the killing of a Minnesota state senator, described by officials as a political […]

  The Senate education committee has released its portion of H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House. The Senate, like the House, would hike monthly student loan payments—making higher education even less affordable and accessible for millions of students. How other NEA priorities fare—vouchers, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)—will […]

  Education is under attack at all levels, from pre-K to post-graduate, along multiple budgetary tracks in Congress. President Trump’s FY2026 budget request slashes Department of Education funding by 15 percent, eliminates or consolidates programs in no-strings-attached block grants, and lowers the maximum Pell grant from $7,395 to $5,710—a 23 percent cut. Last week, Secretary […]