by Amy Goodman | Oct 6, 2026 | France, high school students, Interview, Paris, Police Brutality, school funding, Student protests
Nearly 2,000 French high schools are blockaded or closed today amid massive student-led protests over school funding and inequality. The demonstrations began in September at a single school in the economically deprived suburbs of Paris, where students protested teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated school buildings beset by rats, falling debris and more. But the scope of the…
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by Erin Reed | Jan 5, 2026 | high school students, Let's Go Washington, News, Trans Children, Trans Rights, trans youth
On January 3, 2026, the far-right political group Let’s Go Washington announced that it had collected more than 400,000 signatures — enough to place a transgender sports ban for high school students on the ballot with genital inspections as a primary verification method. The group, bankrolled by conservative megadonor Brian Heywood, previously played a central role in pushing a forced outing…
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