Why a humanoid teacher is still less scary than an activist teacher
If the choice is between a politically neutral machine that teaches reading, writing, and math, or a system increasingly dominated by activists who see your child as a project for…
Randi Weingarten
InfluenceWatch Podcast #397: Teachers Unions Target Target
That teachers’ unions are more interested in radical leftist political power than student achievement is increasingly recognized, and today’s guest brings two new pieces of evidence to pile on the…
NEA and AFT Instruct members to wear blue in solidarity with anti-Ice movements
Left-leaning teachers are leading the charge to normalize far-left activism in schools as virtue and obedience to federal law as oppression, so it isn’t surprising to see students treat the…
How Big Labor lost its love for Jewish Americans and Israel
When American organized labor was constituting itself at the turn of the 20th century and growing in strength through the first half of the century, American Jews, especially recent immigrants…
A Taft-Hartley roundup of recent labor news for September 2025
Big Labor bosses have enjoyed an elective dictatorship over the political speech of their members. But the workers have been pushing back.
Deep Pockets for the Deep State
The anti-Trump “resistance” is more sophisticated than before. But so is the Trump team and they’re racking up some notable wins in court, such as a ruling clarifying the chief…
Follow Trump 45 Labor Policy, Not the Teamsters Union
Following the election, I noted that President-elect Donald Trump did very little to pander to union bosses on policy substance. Trump’s Vice President-elect, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), gave a…
Teachers Union Chief Plays Dumb on Reasons for Homeschooling Surge
Randi Weingarten may pretend to not understand why homeschooling has dramatically increased in recent years. But the reasons are clear. During COVID-induced distance learning, parents saw what was in their…
President of Teachers Union Tries to Rewrite History . . . and Fails
A group of education experts testified to the House Committee on Education this year, stating that the school closures during the COVID pandemic were the “biggest domestic policy failure of…
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: The NEA and AFT
All government unions are profoundly harmful, but the most damaging are the teachers’ unions. Since 2020, they have lobbied and agitated successfully to keep kids out of schools—and keep their…