World News

22056 readers

86 users here now

Breaking news from around the world.

News that is American but has an international facet may also be posted here.

Guidelines for submissions:

Where possible, post the original source of information.
- If there is a paywall, you can use alternative sources or provide an archive.today, 12ft.io, etc. link in the body.
Do not editorialize titles. Preserve the original title when possible; edits for clarity are fine.
Do not post ragebait or shock stories. These will be removed.
Do not post tabloid or blogspam stories. These will be removed.
Social media should be a source of last resort.

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.

For US News, see the US News community.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

395

Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)

submitted 1 year ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/news@beehaw.org

266 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MikeHfuhruhurr@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The one bright side of this article is that it's coming from The New Republic, which is traditionally more conservative. And the author is calling out how sad this plan is.

edit: I'm wrong? This never happens! see reply below.

[–] Jer@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Naw - TNR is a liberal but not leftist sort of magazine. It was founded by progressives back in the 20s and remains a solidly Democratic sort of magazine.