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Why Does the Obama Administration Keep Getting It Wrong on Education Policy?
Albert Shanker Institute executive director Leo Casey talks about community schools, public education, teacher evaluation, standardized testing, Common Core, the political dimension of corporate education
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Turning a Blind Eye to Pure Old Vibrations
Jimmy Nelson's Before They Pass Away is a beautiful book, but its images echo a colonial vision which remains deeply destructive of peoples - tribal or other - who …
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Henry Giroux and Brad Evans | Disposable Futures
As more and more individuals and groups are now considered excess, consigned to zones of abandonment, surveillance and incarceration, dystopian politics has become mainstream politics and the practice of …
Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam
How to monetize and what will the market bear are the guiding ethics of disaster capitalism, which exists seamlessly within the larger ethic of the US, capitalism.
Indigenous Peoples Reject Bill C-33
On Tuesday Indigenous Peoples rejected the fabricated
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Small Farmers’ Loss of Land Increases World Hunger
The world is increasingly hungry because small farmers are losing access to farmland.
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Immigrants Face Indefinite Detention in Greece
The evolution of immigration policy in Greece and its interdependence with European funding suggests an agenda which has been decided with strong coordination between European political actors and economic …
Mexico’s Oil Privatization: Risky Business
Mexico's oil privatization scheme will hurt the environment, scar the landscape, and leave Mexico at the mercy of transnational firms.
California’s Leading GOP Candidate for Secretary of State Vague on Polling Place Photo ID Laws
The leading contender for California secretary of state has a wobbly history on voter ID laws.
Pope Francis in Palestine
Pope Francis' seemingly impromptu prayer at Israel's Apartheid Wall hinted at a radical critique of Israel in an otherwise carefully orchestrated trip.