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State Failures, National Models and the Perpetuation of Educational Injustice
Corporations' dominance of education policy results in more segregation and less education.
Greg Palast: Potential Fed Chair Summers at Heart of Global Economic Crisis
Greg Palast has obtained a secret memo revealing Larry Summers was involved in deal that helped setup the global economic crisis.
John Lewis Marches On
Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis revisit the 1963 March on Washington. How did it transform America?
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Still Alive & Kicking Today: A “New Idea” From 1980s
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discusses the need for solidarity with other organizations, Jobs With Justice has been doing just that since the 1980's.
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Berry Pickers Walk Out, Boycott
As the work watches the fast food workers protest their detestable conditions, Pickers at Sakuma Brothers Farms north of Seattle have walked off the berry fields twice and launched …
Trade & Investment Rules Facilitating What, for Whom?
Vijay Prashad: “People who own things have disproportionate economic power in society. We've made it impossible to create economic power for workers.”
Wall Street Journal Considers Zero Prosecutions of Banks Excessive
The department of Justice claims they are cracking down on bank fraud but they are mostly imposing fines and targeting small fish.
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