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New York Times columns

02/18/24

Funding our future

Photo of Randi Weingarten and students at the announcement of a new health sciences high school in Queens, N.Y.
01/28/24

Creating opportunity and bridging divides

Weingarten, left, with students at Corcoran High School in Syracuse, NY, on Oct. 16, 2023.
12/17/23

It’s not too late to preserve American democracy—yet

Weingarten, center, with voters in Pittsburgh at an AFT Votes event on Nov. 2, 2022.
11/19/23

A vote for welcoming, well-rounded public schools

Weingarten, right, with students at Lincoln-West School of Science and Health at MetroHealth hospital in Cleveland on Oct. 24.
10/15/23

AI is a) powerful, b) perilous or c) both

Photo of Weingarten and other leaders at the AI Insight Forum hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sept. 13.
09/17/23

Taking on teacher burnout

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten, left, visiting educators and students at Makowski Early Childhood Center in Buffalo, N.Y., on June 2, 2022.
08/20/23

Creating joyful and confident readers

Photo of a parent and child with AFT President Randi Weingarten at a ROTW event
07/23/23

Real solutions for kids and communities

Photo of AFT President Randi Weingarten with attendees at AFT TEACH 2023
06/18/23

Smears vs. solutions

05/21/23

Culture wars harm education

Randi Weingarten in Florida
04/16/23

In defense of public education

Randi Weingarten and Tamara Simpson
03/19/23

What unions do

Randi Weingarten in Hartford, Conn.
02/19/23

A torrent of censorship

Randi with students in Cleveland
01/15/23

Putting fundamentals above fear and factionalism

Randi Weingarten with elementary students
12/18/22

Reading opens the world

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