School principal delivers a straight-talk message to Education Secretary Betsy Devos

[School principal delivers a straight-talk message to Education Secretary Betsy Devos]( The Secretary of Education is the member of the president's cabinet who oversees the nation's educational systems. Despite around 90% of U.S. kids attending public schools, the current Secretary, Betsy Devos, has exactly zero personal experience with public education. She's not a teacher or school administrator, she's never worked in a public school, she's never attended a public school, and her own children have never attended a public school. [Read the Story]( From Upworthy's own GOOD Magazine [Fox News called out Trump's big lie about Biden to his face and the president came up empty]( The Trump campaign can't run on the economy or its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, so they've pivoted to a message of fear. In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd, Trump released a campaign video this week claiming people "won't be safe in Joe Biden's America." Trump tried to tie Joe Biden to the defund the police movement during his interview on Fox News, but Wallace wouldn't let him get away with it. [Read the story]( [Blocked from TV appearances, Dr. Fauci answers questions live on Facebook]( In the early months of the pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, regularly appeared in White House coronavirus briefings and served as a spokesperson for the federal government response in news interviews. The past month or so, however, he's been conspicuously absent from television—an absence that appears to be a deliberate choice on the part of the White House, who has limited the approval of TV appearances for Dr. Fauci. [Read the story]( [A Black Jewish woman shared her unique perspective on Nick Cannon's anti-semitic comments]( Musical artist Nick Cannon was fired from Viacom this week after the release of a podcast in which he made anti-semitic comments. According to the New York Times, the podcast was an interview with Richard Griffin (also known as Professor Griff), who was kicked out of the band Public Enemy after blaming Jews for most of the wickedness in the world in a 1989 interview. "The Jews are wicked. And we can prove this," he told the Washington Times. Cannon told Griffin he'd been "speaking facts" and also praised Louis Farrakhan, who has been known to make anti-semitic comments. [Read the Story]( [Everything changed on May 13th, the day Trump finally lost the support of most Americans]( Shocking footage taken in Alpharetta, Georgia last Thursday shows a mother relaxing by a pool while her two sons play in the water. The scene quickly changes from fun to frightening when one son warns her about a tree about to fall on her. "I was sitting at the pool relaxing and reading a book while watching my two sons swim, when I heard a tree cracking and then my son yelled 'Run mom!' so I bolted out of my chair right before a huge tree fell right on the chair I was sitting on," the mother said. [Read the story]( Find us on the World Wide Web: [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Copyright © 2020 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.