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A briefing packet for federal emergency response teams details the steps schools should take to reopen safely.
The president of the Texas branch of the American Federation of Teachers says that going on strike is an option if teachers are forced back into the classroom this fall without proper precautions for COVID-19.
By using public money to create local funds, public banks can reverse decades of racist disinvestment to repair Black and Brown communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 recession.
New legislation in California and other states aims to stop big firms using the pandemic to dismiss long-serving employees
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