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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis: Deal Ending Strike a Victory for Education
The deal calls for a double-digit salary increase over the next three years.
Economists Identify the 100 Top Air Polluters and Highlight the Economics of Environmentalism
What do General Electric, Koch Industries, Bayer, Dow Chemical and ExxonMobil all have in common? They all rank in the top ten of the Toxic 100.
Life Without Parole Is Forever
When you go through those prison gates, you won't come out again except in a body bag.
Middle East Protests at US Embassies Spread in Uproar Over Anti-Muslim US Film
Protests are spreading in the Middle East over a movie made by a U.S. filmmaker considered blasphemous to Islam.
Does Obama’s Economic Policy “Just Need More Time”?
Gerry Epstein: The basic policies must change or recession and high unemployment will continue.
Greg Palast on How the GOP Is Planning to Steal the 2012 Election
The chance your vote will spoil if you're black is seven times the likelihood your ballot will be ruined by a machine if you're white.
Rachel Maddow: Getting 9-11 History Right
Kurt Eichenwald talks with Rachel Maddow about what he learned about the previously unrealized degree of specificity and frequency of warnings the Bush administration received about a terror attack …
Will AB 2530 Unshackle Childbirth in California?
Pregnant women in correctional facilities are more likely to experience miscarriage, preterm birth, low birth weight infants, and potentially fatal conditions like preeclampsia.
You Can’t Ever Stop Being Vigilant: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy
Beverly Bell interviews Leslie Thatcher, content relations editor at Truthout, one of a number of independent, non-commercial news sites that offer an alternative to corporate-controlled media. In a world …
Quebec Election Gives Students a Victory on Tuition Hikes, Fight for Free Education Continues
Ju00e9ru00e9mie Bu00e9dard-Wien: Quebec student activists work to create a global movement for the right to a free education.