Lisa Guisbond

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced. I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
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'No rhyme or reason': AI grading issue affects hundreds of MCAS essays The use of AI to score Massachusetts’ standardized MCAS tests resulted in errors that affected hundreds of exams, the NBC10 Investigators learned.

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How Mass. Democrats are unwittingly helping Trump Antisemitism is a real problem, particularly as Trump positions Jews as a scapegoat for his authoritarian crackdowns. But rather than combat antisemitism or resist Trump, Massachusetts’ Democrats — li...

This oped is worth reading, by Jonathan Feingold, BU law professor and expert in education law and anti-discrimination law.
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Is Public Education Over? One big reason public schools are so vulnerable: standardized testing. Too many Democrats haven't gotten the memo...

Is Public Education Over?
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Sounds good to me.

YEAs ---27 Alsobrooks (D-MD) Baldwin (D-WI) Blunt Rochester (D-DE) Duckworth (D-IL) Durbin (D-IL) Heinrich (D-NM) Hirono (D-HI) Kaine (D-VA) Kim (D-NJ) King (I-ME) Klobuchar (D-MN) Lujan (D-NM) Markey (D-MA) Merkley (D-OR) Murphy (D-CT) Murray (D-WA) Ossoff (D-GA) Reed (D-RI) Sanders (I-VT) Schatz (D-HI) Shaheen (D-NH) Smith (D-MN) Van Hollen (D-MD) Warnock (D-GA) Warren (D-MA) Welch (D-VT) Whitehouse (D-RI)

Sanders's first resolution -- SJ Res 41 -- would have blocked the sale of tens of thousands of fully automatic assault rifles to the Israeli government.

It failed 27 to 70.

Thank you to these 27 who voted YES.

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A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust A view from Israel

A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust
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Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

Is starvation in Gaza really Israel's fault? The facts are clear Rising starvation in Gaza may have a number of factors. But Israel's wartime policies on humanitarian aid are inarguably among them.

Is starvation in Gaza really Israel's fault? The facts are clear forward.com/opinion/7586...

PAY PARAPROFESSIONALS AND EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF ACT SETS A MINIMUM WAGE OF SCHOOL STAFF OF $45,000 PER YEAR OR $30 PER HOUR • DEFENDING AGAINST TRUMP'S ATTACKS My bill will champion paraeducators and school staff who support students, including students with disabilities, English learners, and low income students, every day. • PUTTING STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITIES FIRST I am building on continued leadership with the Paraprofessionals Bill of Rights and Green New Deal for Public Schools to protect school funding and improve working and learning conditions. Endorsed by the National Education Association, SEIU, American Federation of Teachers, AFSCME, Council for Exceptional Children,

Paraprofessionals are the backbone of our public schools—and they’ve been underpaid for too long.

My bill sets a $45,000 wage floor and puts power back in the hands of the educators who keep our classrooms running.

@repauchincloss.bsky.social: "Every single politician in our government, in Congress, the Senate, Democrat and Republican, has a morally urgent responsibility right now to pressure the Israeli govt to let aid in and let aid groups distribute it immediately." bsky.app/profile/alli...

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

More than 100 organizations, including Save the Children and Doctors Without Borders, added to growing calls for aid restrictions to be eased and the war to end. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

From the river to the sea?

#BookSky

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

A difficult but critically important read by one of the world's leading authorities on genocide. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: BOSTON · John Lewis Actions ## On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. In Boston, we’re doing ...

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: BOSTON” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

Here’s what education gets out of Massachusetts’ new state spending plan - The Boston Globe With education facing impending cuts at the federal level, the new $61 billion state budget continues free school lunches, community college, and regional transportation.

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Ex Obama Advisor Ben Rhodes on Pod Save: "If you think you can continue to take💰from AIPAC — @RepJeffries or @SenSchumer or whomever — AIPAC is part of the constellation of forces that delivered 🇺🇸 into the hands of Trump and Stephen Miller.”

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Thanks to @companyone.org for including Citizens for Public Schools and our partners from Massachusetts Education Justice Alliance and Boston Education Justice Alliance in their June 28 Our Future Looks Bright event. (It's not a party if there's no dancing, right?)

Zohran Mamdani's victory proves it: The 'gotcha' mode of fighting antisemitism has to go Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary despite allegations of antisemitism — a new playbook is needed.

Zohran Mamdani's victory proves it: The 'gotcha' mode of fighting antisemitism has to go forward.com/opinion/7320...

Opinion | Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/o...

They are going after the very best of our people.

Against the odds, nonverbal autistic Brookline teen gets accepted into MIT - The Boston Globe The teen spent most of his schooling in classrooms where he was perceived to be intellectually disabled — a misdiagnosis that delayed his ability to access the support he needed.

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NO KINGS, but YAAAAS Queen! - Boston Pride · Indivisible Mass Coalition # Join us in joyous defiance of a mad king. ### On June 14th, Mass 50501 and Indivisible Mass Coalition, in partnership with Boston Pride for The People, invite you to dance, sing, and resist with Pr...

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NO KINGS, but YAAAAS Queen! - Boston Pride · Indivisible Mass Coalition June 14th has been called as the next 50501 and Indivisible National Day of Action. This is Trump’s birthday and it is also the date of Boston Pride. Mass 50501 and Indivisible Mass Coalition are prou...

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The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder This latest violence against Jews will bring us deeper into a cycle where concerns of antisemitism are alternately dismissed and exploited.

The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder forward.com/opinion/7248...

Tell Congress: Do not include voucher funding in the Budget The House Budget slashes Medicaid and food assistance by billions to pay for the tuition of private school students. When they could not get enough votes to pass the Educational Choice for Children Ac...

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Here is the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for:

"As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."