{
  "id": 16481,
  "url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/note-to-democrats-supporting-unions-isnt-the-same-as-supporting-education",
  "title": "Opinion: Note to Democrats: Supporting Unions Isn’t the Same as Supporting Education",
  "summary": "For years, Democratic politicians have treated support for teachers unions as a proxy for supporting public education itself. The logic is simple and politically convenient: Stand with unions, stand with teachers; stand with teachers, stand with students. It’s a clean story. It’s also wrong. The interests of teachers unions and students are not always aligned. […]",
  "authors": "Jorge Elorza",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-04T12:30:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-05T05:10:44.550Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-74-education-ai",
  "source_name": "The 74 (education AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.the74million.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16481",
  "original_url": "https://www.the74million.org/article/note-to-democrats-supporting-unions-isnt-the-same-as-supporting-education",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}