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What Happens When Parents Stand Up and Say No to Testing?
When parents there learned of a plan to give multiple choice tests to children as young as Kindergarten, they decided enough was enough. They refused to let their children …
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Jim Wright, 90-Year Old Former Speaker of the US House, Denied Photo ID for Voting in Texas
Expired state driver's license not enough to vote or receive ‘free’ state-issued ID card for Democratic icon, and he's hardly alone.
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Six Months After Obama Promised to Divulge More on Drones, Here’s What We Still Don’t Know
While the number of drone strikes has dropped this year, the Obama administration continues to take their time divulging the details of the drone warfare program.
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Dark Money’s New Frontier: State Judicial Elections
Increasingly, state high courts are falling prey to the same out-of-control, post-Citizens United election spending that has plagued legislative and executive races during the past two election cycles.
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Medical Advertising
Not too many years ago, certainly before the growth of the for-profit Humana medical plans system in the late 1970s, it was considered unprofessional and really forbidden for doctors …
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Aristotle’s Lantern
At a time when there's an almost universal attack on the natural world, it helps to remember Aristotle, the fourth century BCE Greek natural philosopher. He remains a model …
End of Enlightenment
In a recent article, Dr. Henry Giroux argued that we may be witnessing the dismantling of democracy [1]. He pointed to the neoliberal assault on public education and the …
The Shock Doctrine in Texas prisons
This analysis of the torture tactics and repressive methods used in administrative segregation prisons across Texas draws parallels with Naomi Klein's book
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Out of Hurricane Sandy Devastation, Free Photographic Book Combines Art With Generosity
The Concord Free Press book
Does Germany’s New Law About “No Gender” Babies Go Far Enough?
Germany has become the first country in Europe to allow parents to register a newborn who shows characteristics of both sexes as being neither male nor female.