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Wallace Shawn on Artistic Solidarity: As Glenn Greenwald Can’t Return to US, I Took My Play to Him
The renowned playwright and actor Wallace “Wally” Shawn has just returned from Brazil, where he gave a special performance of his play, “The Designated Mourner,” to journalist Glenn Greenwald.
Biggest Overhaul in Federal Drug Sentencing in Decades Clears Major Hurdle
“While support for major reform is growing in both political parties, many prosecutors are still living in the dark ages.”
State Cuts to Public Funding of Higher Education Responsible for Increases in Tuition Costs
Michael Leachman: Tuition costs are rising as states respond to the recession by cutting public funding to higher education, with cuts averaging 28 percent on a per pupil basis.
Why You Should Care About El Salvador’s Presidential Elections
Like it or not, the past and present of the US is tied to the fate of “El caminito.”
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Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
Across the country, local delegations visited Staples stores in January to threaten a boycott unless the retailer's new “postal units” are staffed by actual postal employees.
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Argentine Activists Win First Round Against Monsanto Plant
Residents of a town in Argentina have won the first victory in their fight against biotech giant Monsanto, but they are still at battle stations, aware that winning the …
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Protecting What’s White: A New Look at Stand Your Ground Laws
In Temescal, new residents have hired private security firms, whose patrolmen often engage in tactics of racial profiling, to patrol the area.
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They Can’t Tell the Truth
We cannot let the misleaders falsify reality for their own purposes.
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Why Common Core Isn’t the Answer
This is why dozens of other scholars have been saying the same thing for at least the last several hundred years: What we're doing isn't working!
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