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New York Times columns

05/18/25

A big betrayal

04/20/25

Higher education under attack

Weingarten announcing a lawsuit to stop the federal funding cuts at Columbia University.
03/16/25

Robbing Peter to pay for Elon’s tax cuts

02/16/25

Protect—don’t wreck—our children’s futures

01/19/25

Government for the people—or for plutocrats?

SS Bill Signing Flank
12/15/24

How to make America work for the American working class

Weingarten with students
11/17/24

Fighting for a better future

Weingarten with students at a campaign event for Sen.-elect Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in Detroit on Oct. 18.
10/20/24

The stakes of this election

speech image
09/15/24

Project 2025: ‘Institutionalizing Trumpism’

Pittsburgh youth NYT
08/25/24

With Harris, America’s best days are ahead

NYT Aug 2024
07/28/24

Progress is possible, not guaranteed

Weingarten, right, welcomes Vice President Kamala Harris to the AFT convention in Houston on July 25.
06/16/24

Why unions are having a renaissance

Photo of Randi Weingarten with FEU United members, with the quote "we can tilt the balance of power so working people can demand—and forge—a path to a better life. That’s the American dream."
05/19/24

10 Million Books and Counting

AFT President Randi Weingarten crouched to talk with a small child amid piles of free books
04/21/24

Connecting through community schools

Weingarten, left, with student leaders and staff at Sarah Greenwood School in Boston on April 11.
03/24/24

Ending the student debt nightmare

Weingarten, right, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren at a discussion in Boston on March 18 about the student debt crisis. Credit: Adam Derstine

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