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Jan 8, 2021 4:21 PM
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer at a press conference January 8, 2021 (courtesy of the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor)
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – With the coronavirus vaccine soon becoming available to teachers and other educational personnel, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday set a goal for all preschools and K-12 schools in Michigan to offer at least some in-person learning by March 1 at the latest.
At a press conference in Lansing, the Governor said, âI strongly encourage school districts to provide as much face-to-face learning as possible, especially for our youngest students, especially for economically disadvantaged students, and students with special educations needs and English language learners.â
By Seth Galinsky January 18, 2021
Militant/George ChalmersFactory worker Daniela Veloz subscribed to Militant after Alyson Kennedy, left, knocked on her door in Ennis, Texas, Jan. 4. Socialist Workers Party is building on success of its work last year to continue campaigning among working people in cities, towns and farm areas.
In the midst of 2020’s capitalist economic, social and pandemic crisis, and government-ordered lockdowns, the Socialist Workers Party did not skip a beat.
Its members went to work to organize with co-workers to fight to defend their wages and working conditions. They continued introducing the party to working people on their doorsteps in cities and towns, large and small, and in farm areas. Many of those they met were looking for ways to stand up to the bosses’ moves to shore up their profits on our backs and were keen to discuss what workers can do together.
The Boston mayor has many outstanding qualities, and may be the perfect candidate to transform the moribund Trump Labor Department into one that once again protects American workers.
The education secretary, Betsy DeVos, has become the second person in Trump’s cabinet to resign in the wake of the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters who had been encouraged by the president. Her resignation on Thursday night came after the transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, stood down earlier in the day. In a letter to Trump, DeVos said the attack on the Capitol was unconscionable and blamed Trump’s “rhetoric” for “the.
Published January 8, 2021
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As America reels from yesterday’s MAGA siege of the Capitol, a select cadre of White House officials have reportedly revealed their deepest concerns. They’re not worried about the risk of violent mobs loyal to President
Donald Trump, and they don’t hold more esoteric fears about the sanctity of democracy. Instead, they’re focused on what really matters: their future employment prospects.