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Corporations Try to Kill Community Colleges
Within a month I had free child care from the revolutionary Family Resource Center at City College of San Francisco, a small federal grant which covered my books and …
Race-Concious Admissions Policies Benefit Students and the Workforce, According to Social Scientists
A group of social scientists today filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court with research offering a deeper understanding of how a diverse educational environment benefits White …
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Study: Raising the Minimum Wage Especially Benefits Women
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds that, while raising the minimum wage to the proposed $9.80 level would have a significant impact on about 28 million …
Six Reasons Teachers Unions Are Good for Kids
Our schools need teachers unions as much today as they ever have.
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Romney Runs Away From His Running Mate
Ryan's Medicare-gutting budget won't win voters outside the fringe right Romney courted in the primary.
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US Protests Tell GM to Resolve Colombian Hunger Strike
After more than a year at the doorstep of the U.S. embassy in Bogotu00e1, the struggle of Colombian GM workers came to the companyu2019s own doorstep Wednesday. Student, community, …
What Wisconsin Journalists Want You to Know About Paul Ryan
Wisconsin reporters say the national media's scrutiny of Romney's running mate may miss his inside-the-Beltway focus, the high unemployment in his hometown, and his family connection to fracking.
Without Concrete Action, New USAF Regulations on Church-State Separation Will Be as Useful as a “Football Bat”
At the very beginning of August 2012, I blasted outgoing (now-retired) Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (CSAF), Gen. Norton Schwartz, for his lackadaisical and utterly …
Mitt Romney’s Southern Strategy Gambit
On August 3, 1980 GOP Presidential contender Ronald Reagan picked his campaign starting point at the Neshoba County Fair, near Meridian Mississippi. The virtually lily-white, wildly enthusiastic throng that …
The United States’ Clandestine Armies Plunge Us Deeper Into Violence
The US empire's taxpayer-funded secret operatives foment the very instability that allows them to continue to proliferate like cockroaches.