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Officials must act now to make safety as important as innovation.

Justices turn down administration’s bid to have Postal Service enforce new voting requirements before midterms.

The president is trying to shut down a growing push for AI regulation, amid calls from leaders to slow the production of artificial intelligence.

Dolly Parton, who rose from humble beginnings to the greatest heights of American music and became one of the country’s most philanthropic, unifying and beloved stars, has died. She was 80.

The administration asked the court to clear the way for President Trump’s order that creates “state citizenship lists” and directs the Postal Service to decide who gets a mail-in ballot.

Linda McMahon on successful uses of AI in classrooms: "The first couple hours every day students really have on headphones, they're in front of their computers, they're getting their subjects fed to t...

This is a five-alarm fire exacerbating America’s affordability crisis.Summer should be a time to take a well-earned vacation and enjoy being with family and friends. But for millions of Americans, sum...

This is a five-alarm fire exacerbating America’s affordability crisis.Summer should be a time to take a well-earned vacation and enjoy being with family and friends. But for millions of Americans, sum...

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

Donors, state politicians and Trump administration officials are extorting universities to get them to give up their autonomy, the American Association of University Professors says. “The federal gove...

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The bridge is still set to open to traffic on July 27 but Trump's new tariffs led Canadians to set a Canadians-only opening ceremony on July 24.

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There was packed house at the AFT Higher Education division meeting, where delegates discussed what’s at stake in the midterm elections and how members can organize on their campuses.

In her 2026 State of the Union address, AFT President Randi Weingarten reflects on the state of the nation, celebrates the power of working people, and calls on members to organize, vote and fight for...

WASHINGTON—Calling out the obscene explosion of billionaire wealth at the same time most American households live paycheck to paycheck, AFT President Randi Weingarten urged the union’s 1.88 million me...

"There's no way in my life I can pay that," one 41-year-old student-loan borrower said of a new $800 payment tied to Trump's overhaul.

Over the last year, about 1 million workers have thrown in the towel. In June alone, 720,000 people left the workforce. Here are some reasons why.

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement exposing an error-riddled document from a far-right activist group released today:“The so-called Freedom Foundation has spent d...

WASHINGTON–Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), AFT Connecticut, Yale AAUP and the national AFT sent a letter to the Yale University Board of Trustees, urging them to rejec...

AI doesn’t change the essential purpose of education: teaching students how to think.

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WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement exposing an error-riddled document from a far-right activist group released today:“The so-called Freedom Foundation has spent d...

The president never reached a 50 percent disapproval rate over the economy during the entire duration of his first term.

The AFT PSRP leadership conference last month came chock-full of advice from activists on how to optimize campaigns, whether they focus on organizing, politics, a living wage or community service. PSR...

Teachers and parents are calling for ‘devices down, eyes up, hands on’ learning.

WHEREAS, in August 2025, the AFT passed a resolution supporting the national boycott of Target stores, which was led by faith and community organizations in reaction to Target’s rollback of commitment...

A new annual survey report brings warnings of sharp drops among nurses’ views of their jobs and careers during the past year.  | An annual poll of over 2,000 nurses saw the first pullback on job satis...