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K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with computers and ‘distance learning.’

Security is a constant buzzword heard in the latest round of debate on US immigration reform.

A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as …

SEIU may be spawning a force that will rise above its managerial powers by encouraging workers to take direct action at their workplaces.

The U.S. border may be the next battleground for press freedom.

Despite Republicans insistance that Democrats are “focused on birth control and sex rather than making sure the government doesn't shut down,” it's becoming clear that women will be harmed …

The trade agreement President Obama will be urging this week be passed on a fast track that will not give Congress time to read and study it, the Trans …

Glamorized consumer culture has serious side effects - and to help people in remote Indian villages understand this, one filmmaker brought them to the West. Here's what they thought …

In reality, this is a story about how bureaucratic bungling was turned into scandal by right wing politicians desperate to spin gold from straw.

Contrary to US rhetoric, it seems the Middle East could be the force shifting the international political tide.