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I Will Occupy
One year from now, I will be a father for the first time. My child will be six months old, and living in a world fraught with peril. For …
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Occupy is Back! Occupy Rosh Hashanah
Why on Rosh Hashanah? Isnu2019t this mixing politics and religion? Well, in Judaism there is no such separationu2014the entire Torah is the story of a liberation struggle against oppression …
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Funding Teachers Doesn’t Get Embassies Attacked
We're not out of money. We've stopped taxing billionaires and corporations, and we're funding war-preparation so generously that we're sparking a global arms race that will eventually generate some …
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Chris Kluwe and the Greatest Political Statement by Any Athlete Ever
Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe,who spoke in defense of both LGBTQ rights and free speech, might be the most talked about football player this week.
Letter to the Editor from CTU President Karen Lewis
Letter from Chicago Teachers Strike President Karen Lewis describing the movements reasons and goals.
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Five So-Called Liberal Pundits Who Are Attacking Teachers
As Chicago's teacher strike shapes up to be one of the most important labor actions in a generation, why are people who consider themselves progressives siding with the bosses?
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Five Issues This Election Should Be About, and One to Drop
Cutting through the campaign rhetoric and attack ads, here are five issues Yes! believe should be at the center of the 2012 election
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Robert Reich: The Wrong Way to Save Money on Health Care
High unemployment has given companies more bargaining leverage over their workers, who have to accept lower real pay and benefits or risk losing their jobs.
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Henry A. Giroux | On the Significance of the Chicago Teachers Strike: Challenging Democracy’s Demise
Hopefully, this strike will provide the fulcrum for social movements to take up this fight, remembered not just as a struggle for the future of Chicago public schools, but …
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21st Century Man and the Electronic Halls of Mirrors
Man's 21st century response to dramatic events is not necessarily just to simply interact with it, but to also record it. More and more, we are altering our behaviors …