Lots of people, especially liberals, are having trouble wrapping their heads around why Trump won the election. Many argue that Trump’s racism and queerphobia have resonated with uneducated white people, getting him the votes he needed to win. While it's true that racists and bigots do love Trump, this doesn't account for most of the 77 million votes he received.

Children are meant to learn, not earn. Free quality public education should be made available to every child no matter their race or socioeconomic status. Attacks on public schools serve to widen class divisions, limit access to quality education to a privileged few, and reduce public education to nothing more than job training for working class children.