The attack on education with Randi Weingarten & Arne Duncan

Today on The Contrarian Pod, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers since 2008 joined Norm and I for Coffee with the Contrarians. We discussed how the reconciliation package will affect rural communities and her new book that’s out in September: Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy.Later on, Contrarian contributor April Ryan is here with Arne Duncan, the former Secretary of Education in President Obama’s cabinet. You can catch The Tea with April Ryan, live, every Thursday, at 5pm eastern on our Substack.The Contrarian is owned by nobody. Your paid subscription helps us bring you the brightest voices in politics & culture and fight every day against the Trump chaos machine. Join us on Substack. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.contrariannews.org/subscribe