CURE News Digest: Monday, May 11, 2026

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Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week.  Remember, they taught us to read, write, count & think for ourselves!

5-6-26  The Politics Chicks

“Public Schools Get Cuts.  The Ballroom Gets a Billion” by Monica Healy

https://thepoliticschicks.substack.com/p/public-schools-get-cuts-the-ballroom

I hope you celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday and found the time for a little serenity.

5-9-26  Letters from an American

“May 9, 2026” by Heather Cox Richardson

Richardson wrote “While we celebrate the modern version of Mother’s Day on May 10, in this momentous year of 2026, it’s worth remembering the original Mothers’ Day and Julia Ward Howe’s conviction that women must have the same rights as men, and that they must make their voices heard.”

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-9-2026

What to expect this week.

5-10-26  Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

“The Week Ahead” by Joyce Vance

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-dd3

Our national debt “now exceeds 100 percent of America’s gross domestic product.”   

5-11-26  Robert Reich substack

“Psst:  What No One Will Tell You About the National Debt.  But I Will” by Robert Reich

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-no-one-will-tell-you-about-the

Didn’t the confederates lose the war?

5-10-26  It’s the democracy, stupid

“The confederacy is back & it’s just as ugly as it ever was” by Edwin Eisendrath

https://edwineisendrath.substack.com/p/the-confederacy-is-back-and-its-just

Keeping up the fight against illegal gerrymandering.

5-9-26  The Contrarian

“We Promised to Fight GOP Gerrymandering Games, and We Are Getting Busy!” 

Publisher’s Roundup 66 by Norman Eisen & The Contrarian

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/we-promised-to-fight-gop-gerrymandering

Energize and organize for the 2026 midterms and fight “MAGA’s court-imposed Jim Crow.” 

5-11-26  The Contrarian

“Callais is not the last word” by Jennifer Rubin

https://www.contrariannews.org/p/callais-is-not-the-last-word

Quote for the Day:

“So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, 

we'll be called a democracy.”    

~Roger Nash Baldwin, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)