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Education Reform: Wrong Diagnosis, So Wrong Cure
Sooner or later, a reluctant Congress is going to have to do something about replacing No Child Left Behind. If senators and representatives will listen, they'll learn …
Study: 2,266 Veterans Died Due to Lack of Insurance in 2008
More than 2,200 veterans under the age of 65 died last year due to lack of health insurance, according to a study out of Harvard Medical School released today. …
The Endless Censoring of Labor
Did you know about the Bush administration's rotten treatment of the air traffic controllers whose work is essential to air safety? That controllers were forced to work …
North and South Korean Navies Clash in Border Dispute
According to press reports, a North Korean patrol boat crossed into South Korean waters at 11:27 am local time. A South Korean vessel repeatedly warned the North Korean boat …
Hotel Workers Strike the San Francisco Grand Hyatt
San Francisco, California, November 6, 2009 - The first of what may be many strikes hit San Francisco's Class A hotels when workers launched a 3-day strike against the …
The Lessons of the Berlin Wall
Modern-day American border guard Shawn Carter works for the Chicago Transit Authority. His first morning of work at the Western Brown Line El station, a …
Massive Defense Spending Leads to Job Loss
There is a major national ad campaign, funded by the oil industry and other usual suspects, to convince the public that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
Supreme Court to Review Cases of Juveniles Sentenced to Life in Prison
Death is different. With those words, a deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 declared that the execution of adolescents was cruel and unusual punishment, and, hence, a violation …
Northwestern Journalism Students Harassed by Illinois State Prosecutor
The work of many Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism students, under the direction of investigative journalism professor David Protess as part of the Medill …
Where Will They Get The Troops?
As the Obama administration debates whether to send tens of thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan, an already overstretched military is increasingly struggling to meet …