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Teachers and parents are calling for ‘devices down, eyes up, hands on’ learning.
As the Trump administration continues to attack higher education the AFT and the American Association of University Professors have unveiled a powerful new blueprint to restore and preserve higher education, just in time for the 2026 midterms.
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.
Nurses and health professionals have devoted themselves to a grueling profession with compassion and perseverance. During National Nurses Week, celebrated each May, we honor nurses and the work they do.
Artificial intelligence is transforming education at a speed that outpaces policy, regulation and preparation, and the stakes for students could not be higher. At a recent panel hosted by Microsoft and the Women’s Foreign Policy Group, AFT President Randi Weingarten joined diplomats, technology leaders and education specialists to confront a central question: How can schools use AI to support learning without replacing the human relationships and critical thinking that learning requires?
Just a week after Hungary’s landmark election, democracy advocates, scholars and labor leaders came together to analyze long-time Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s defeat and offer a broader lesson on what it takes to resist authoritarianism: persistence, courage, independent institutions and a refusal to give up on democracy.
Federal immigration actions are rapidly expanding, with deadly consequences.
Standing Up for the Care Our Communities Need
Learn how we’re standing up for the care our communities need. AFT members share how they won $1.1 billion to save SUNY Downstate Medical Center, and we learn how to fight the predatory contracts that trap healthcare professionals in unsafe work environments.
Together, we are America
Americans want us to treat each other with dignity, not inhumanity.
SOMOS: Service, solidarity and strategy
It was total immersion at this year’s SOMOS, the annual Puerto Rico power gathering of New York legislators and other elected officials, unionists, civic groups and political activists.
No crowns, no thrones, no kings.
This is what loving America looks like.
AFT members joined with millions of people across the country for the "No Kings" day of action to stand up for the promise of America for ALL.
Fighting for Our Patients and Our Democracy
Learn how we’re rising up to protect patients and our democracy as the Trump administration slashes funding for healthcare access, public health, and research.
We, the people, say: ‘No Kings’
Democracy and economic opportunity are inextricably linked.
Core Concepts, New Twists
In the Winter 2025-2026 American Educator, learn how the AFT is committing to creating safe, relevant and engaging public schools and highlighting core concepts that support all students.
We rise up to save higher education
It is clear that higher education is under attack.