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Cyber Schools Fleece Taxpayers for Phantom Students and Failing Grades
K12 Inc. and ALEC have pushed a national agenda to replace brick-and-mortar classrooms with computers and ‘distance learning.’
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Shutting the Whole Thing Down
The Beast Strikes Again: Central American Migrants Feel Brunt of Failed Immigration Policies
Security is a constant buzzword heard in the latest round of debate on US immigration reform.
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California Poised to Broaden Access to Abortions
California has two bills that could lead to the one of the biggest expansions of access to abortion in the US since the FDA approved the abortion pill.
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William Rivers Pitt | Half the Republicans You Know Are Insane
William Rivers Pitt: The crazy will elect the crazy every single time; that's why the government is shut down, and a disastrous default looms, in case you were wondering.
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Direct Democracy in Reykjavík: The Wisdom of the Icelandic Crowd-Sourcers
Attention has focused on the country's steps towards a crowd-sourced constitution, its revolutionary internet privacy and freedom of press laws, alongside Better Reykjavu00edk.
The Interstate of the Future: Privatization or Innovation?
A recent report from the Reason Foundation touting privatization of the interstate as the new cool solution to crumbling transportation infrastructure represents a failure of reason as well as …
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Fossil Fuel Army Versus the Planet: Battle Lines Are Drawn on Climate Change
As the consequences of climate change become more apparent and the window to act closes, an unprecedented battle is growing. Energy and fossil fuel interests now face opponents including …
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In the US, a Political Showdown Over Health Care
The cause for which most of the GOP is willing to threaten chaos is the noble endeavor of ensuring that tens of millions of Americans continue to lack essential …
Dismantling the New Jim Crow: Why America Must Confront the Success of the War on Drugs
There's a growing consensus in the media: after 42 long, hard years, the war on drugs has failed.