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Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores
Juan Gonzu00e1lez discusses his reports for the New York Daily News about how one of the New York Cityu2019s fastest-growing chains of charter schools, Success Academy, has far higher …
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The Last Chance to Stop the NDAA
Chris Hedges continues his fight to strike down a section of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due …
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Congress Will Return to Debate Syrian Mission
While resolute that he has the power and authority to strike, Obama will wait for Congressional approval, urging members to put aside partisan differences to address this
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Low Power (Radio) to the People
This Fall the government is putting the power of the radio in the hands of US citizens.
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People Begin to Flee Damascus
As the United States prepares to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles on military targets inside Syria, Syrians are preparing for a new phase of the conflict that has already left …
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“Fault Lines” Author Discusses Rifts, Challenges of Haiti
In “Fault Lines,” author Beverly Bell discusses what shook Haiti more: the 2010 earthquake, pre-existing social and economic fractures or catastrophe profiteers like Monsanto.
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American Police Reform and Consent Decrees
Since the 1994 enactment of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, the police forces in many US cities have been subject to federal monitors and consent decrees.
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Contractor Status Complicates Workplace Sexual Harassment
Who governs the misconduct directed at the rising population of our nation's independent contractors?
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Same Old Labor Day; Very Different Face of Labor
Labor Day comes every year, but ‘labor’ in America today looks very different from what it once was.
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Syria Debate: Does US Have the Evidence and Authority to Hit Assad for Alleged Chemical Attack?
The Obama administration appears to be pressing ahead with military strikes on Syria despite new obstacles at home and abroad.