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Op-Ed
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Standing Up for Teachers
Collective bargaining is not the problem, and taking that right away from teachers will not fix the schools.
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Late Night Liberalism
The self-indulgent imbecility of Mitt Romney is having the effect of encouraging a set of very stupid and horrendously misleading comments by the MSNBC evening staff. So, we …
Why Are We Occupying?
Why are we occupying? Or to put it another way – what’s wrong with the world?
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Occupy Your Victories: Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary
A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what matters: at one year old, Georgia O'Keeffe was not a great painter, and Bessie Smith wasn't …
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Ryan Runs Into the Truth
Whether you run a marathon or run for office, facts and integrity matter.
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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.