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Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle
Teachers in Seattle high schools are refusing to administer a mandatory test, in defiance of public school and union policy.
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France Steps Forward With Robin Hood Tax
Paris - The decision by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to push ahead with a financial transactions tax (FTT) may be a political ploy ahead of elections, but it has …
Ron Paul’s False Founding Narrative
Ron Paul, the libertarian congressman from Texas who has topped 20 percent in the first two Republican contests, is fond of claiming that the U.S. Constitution was written “to …
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After Battling Fracking and Cancer, Lucinda Lost, and Found
Lucinda Hart-Gonzalez with her chickens. (Photo: Howard Nuernberger) Her joy was in sustaining our farm against the threat of fracking. After Lucinda's ashes become a part of …
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Threatened Species
So, I'm hitting the elliptical at Planet Fitness on Tuesday, presidential caucus day in Iowa, watching CNN on the personalized flat-screen TV bolted to my exercise contraption, and there's …
Iowans Frustrate Reporters With Their Multiple Opinions
The usual criticisms of the Iowa caucuses—that the votes of a small, demographically unrepresentative slice of America gobble up too much airtime—are basically correct. As David Sirota …
Combating Slavery in Coffee and Chocolate Production
Mainstream media outlets and consumers have been understandably quick to take note of the benefits chocolate and coffee offer. Yet most American consumers are ignorant to the mounting evidence …
Do You Have a Sign?
3CDC's signs are popping up everywhere in Over-the-Rhine. (Photos: John Blake) Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati's oldest and poorest neighborhood, predominately of color and listed on the National Register of …
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Fire Hose of Your Tax Money Gushes to Libya
Passersby look at the home of Ali Mukhar Al-Gharari, which was struck by one large piece of aircraft-delivered ordnance, in Tripoli, November 13, 2011. According to on-the-ground examinations of …
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White House Airs Objections to SOPA, PIPA Anti-Piracy Bills
Score one for Google. The White House raised concerns Saturday about aspects of pending anti-piracy legislation that has been strongly backed by the Motion Picture Assn. of America, Hollywood's …