History by legislative decree
Students in my classroom recognize that Social Studies is more about knowing the questions than knowing the answers. Yet some legislators think they have all the answers and want to impose them by legislative decree.
Commentary
Articles commenting on current events, issues, and persons from a progressive viewpoint.
What money can’t buy
We’re applying market values and principles to spheres of our lives where they don’t belong. Ken Wolf points out what happens when we put money first.
Dystopian Tuesday
As we came to the end of the legislative session, we hoped that the really bad bills would die before being heard. Those hopes were dashed on Tuesday.
Given my experience of charter schools in Texas, they are not the answer for Kentucky
Charter schools are still a theory in Kentucky, but they are a reality in Texas. A superintendent who moved here from Texas tells what charters are REALLY like.
Bill allows officials to avoid in-person meetings even after COVID is gone
It says it is an “act relating to open meetings” – but it’s actually more about avoiding open meetings.
KY Youth Advocates speaks out on “wrong-headed” SB 318
We call upon lawmakers to work with key stakeholders on meaningful efforts to prevent youth violence – and to reject HB 318 for its blatant political pandering rather than solution seeking.
More charter bill badness; time to make those calls!
Using last-minute tactics and vote swapping, the Repubs in Frankfort are about to fund charter schools. Here’s why that is bad, and why you should call your leges!
Want to make a bad bill worse? Stuff another bad bill into it!
“Hey, I know! Let’s take Wise’s anti-CRT bill and stuff it into the anti-SBDM bill! A bad bill two-fer!”
Jenkins: HB 9 is a Republican donor pleaser
“The GOP majority had to change the House rules to ram through a charter school bill and appease their special interest donors from outside the Commonwealth.”
Sending missionaries to MAGAs
Brian Clardy, devout Democrat, proposes that the Kentucky Democratic party dispatch missionaries to the land of the white folks in the red MAGA hats.
Will we “shift and shaft”—just like Kansas did?
We are about to see a financial disaster in Kentucky. Why can’t our Repub legislators learn from the failed “Kansas Tax Experiment”?
This legislative session threatens to lower the quality of life in the Commonwealth
If the lege pairs attacks on our safety net with bills that shovel money to rich corporate interests, it will lower our quality of life. Far from being “business friendly,” these bills would make Kentucky a worse place to live, raise a family, have a job.
Sunshine Week 2022: A time to highlight the importance of open government work
It’s Sunshine Week! Time to celebrate transparency in government. Do you know where your open records are?
Twenty good bills that are on the move
Just as there are bad bills we want to see die, there are good bills we want to pass. Here are 20 good bills that are on the move and could actually be enacted.
These 13 bad bills are still on the move
As close in on the end of this year’s General Assembly, there are a number of really bad bills that could still pass. Here are 13 of them that you should know about.
A brief history of ‘America First’ – then, and now
Trump and his minions keep using the phrase “America First.” Do they know where it came from? Do YOU? Ivonne Rovira shows that the movement hasn’t really changed.
