American Educator

Fall 2026

Current Issue

Where We Stand: Building Our Power to Fight for a Better Future

Randi Weingarten

Life Below Water

Two Educators on the Impact of Education and Healthcare Debt

Mary Elizabeth Modica, Thomas Moomjy

Wages, Inequality, and the Roots of America’s Affordability Crisis

Heidi Shierholz, Josh Bivens

Debt, Opportunity, and Persistent Inequality

Jonathan D. Glater

A Trade Policy That Puts Working Families First

Lori Wallach

People Power and Advancing Rights, Justice, and Democracy in the AI Age

Nicole A. Ozer

Planting the Seeds of Civic Engagement

Two Educators Share How They Are Strengthening Our Democracy

LaShonda Bradberry, Karissa O'Reilly

Leading for Literacy: Is the "Mississippi Miracle" Real?

Share My Lesson: The AFT Book Club

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