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by Randi Weingarten, AFT President

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New York Times columns

04/19/26

The technology trap

03/15/26

Americans need relief, not war

02/15/26

Together, we are America

01/18/26

The march to autocracy

Portland vigil

12/21/25

Gratitude for the helpers

AFT President Randi Weingarten, second from right, at a Labor Day celebration in Chicago on Sept. 1.

11/16/25

Affordability really matters

Keynote Speech at AFT TEACH 2025

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Union Talk Podcast

Union Talk Podcast 3/26/26

Twin Cities No Kings Rally by Randi Weingarten

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Read the palm card: English Spanish

AFT President Randi Weingarten reading with a young child

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Why Fascists Hate Teachers

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, exposes the long-planned strategy to undermine education—and lifts up the powerful role educators play in protecting truth and democracy.