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Video: Protesters greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Acton Institute event in Grand Rapids

November 16, 2017 • by John Couretas

Video: Protesters greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Acton Institute event in Grand Rapids

On October 18 2017, United States Secretary of Education and former member of the Acton Institute board of directors Betsy DeVos addressed an audience of nearly 1,000 people at Acton’s 27th Anniversary Celebration at the DeVos Place convention center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Continue Reading...

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Video: Protesters greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Acton Institute event in Grand Rapids

Video: Protesters greet Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at Acton Institute event in Grand Rapids

Latest Posts

Radio Free Acton: Rev. Ben Johnson on Religion & Liberty Transatlantic; Upstream on Thor: Ragnarok

Acton Institute offering mini-grants to college faculty for research and teaching

The new bourgeoisie: The lofty socialism of self-loathing capitalists

Do occupational licensing laws respect human rights?

3 reasons to study the Russian Revolution today, according to Dutch lovers of liberty

How the ‘sheepskin effect’ signals education and affects wages

‘Communism is the increase of the search for the Kingdom of God and His righteousness!’

What does the Bible say about wealth creation?

5 Facts about veterans

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