Campaign seeks to build a ‘coalition of the rejected’ in Eastern KentuckyRep. Michael Meredith speaks on pension crisis in Frankfort

Underpaid farmworkers in the Mississippi Delta and unemployed coal miners in Eastern Kentucky would not appear to have much in common, separated by race, geography, economics, and often, politics. But poor and exploited people have more similarities than differences and ought to work together for basic rights like jobs, healthcare and education, says a North…

Pollio pushes for major shakeup after report finds JCPS’ central office is dysfunctional

This story is developing and will be updated. Jefferson County Public Schools has a “wealth of talent,” but its central office suffers from an organizational structure that is “both redundant and incoherent,” according to a new report. The report, commissioned by the district, found widespread dysfunction in how the district’s various departments communicate and work with each…