As a nation we are one day away from the end of one of the most gracious, kind, and decent administrations in our nation’s history. An administration free of scandal. That will not continue. Prepare for four years of distraction and deflection as our coffer drain and our rights diminish. Time to Join #TheResistance
Helaine Olen, columnist for Slate and co-author of The Index Card joins Rick to discuss the economic realities of a President Donald J. Trump and an incoming administration that will be hostile to workers and explain why all of the gains workers saw during the Obama years is in jeopardy of going away.
Sara Holbrook, Author, Poet, Educator, and Badass Teacher Association member joins Rick to share her story of shock and amazement as she found out one of her poems had been used on a standardized test for 7th and 8th graders and even more surprisingly she couldn’t answer the questions kids where being asked on the test about the poem she wrote.
Reverend Charles Foster Johnson, leader of Pastors for Texas Children, an organization against school vouchers and supporting public schools joins Rick to explain why as a religious leader he and other faith leaders are standing against vouchers in Texas and to share his thoughts on how faith leaders, parents, community activists, and educators can stand together to fight back against the privatization machine.