News

September 2020
Politico: The pandemic could widen the achievement gap. A generation of students is at risk.
The Washington Post: New Trump administration rule could make it harder for gig and contract workers to have rights as employees
NPR: DeVos Loses Latest Fight Over Rerouting Aid To Private School Students
U.S. News & World Report: DeVos Borrower Defense Rule Under Investigation by Inspector General
NPR: 'Children Are Going Hungry': Why Schools Are Struggling To Feed Students
The New York Times : Federal Government Relaxes Rules on Feeding Low-Income Students
Politico: DeVos to enforce school testing mandates amid pandemic
August 2020
Bloomberg Government: USDA Rebuffs Waivers It Sees As Path to ‘Universal School Meals’
Houston Chronicle: Trump is doing nothing to prevent another Beirut in Texas. We want to know why.
Education Dive: Funding for school facility improvements a requirement for safe reopening
NBC News: Betsy DeVos publicly absent as critical decisions are made on public school reopenings
The Washington Post: Many workers don’t get new paid sick leave, because of ‘broad’ exemption for providers, report finds
The Huffington Post: Watchdog: Labor Department Falling Down On Enforcing COVID-19 Sick Leave Law
The New York Times: Why Black Workers Will Hurt the Most if Congress Doesn’t Extend Jobless Benefits
Bloomberg Law: Democratic Lawmakers Decry NLRB’s Reorganization Plan
July 2020
Data For Progress: Why we must expand the child tax credit
The Huffington Post: The House Just Passed A Massive Child Care Rescue
The Washington Post: DeVos aide played role in helping failing for-profit colleges, texts and emails show
The Washington Post: Virginia adopts nation’s first coronavirus workplace safety rules after labor groups decry federal inaction
Vox: The federal agency that’s supposed to protect workers is toothless on Covid-19
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