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On Both Sides of the Border, Teachers Fight Corporatization
In both Mexico and the United States, schools are an ideological battleground.
At the Vice Presidential Debate: Ryan Told 24 Myths in 40 Minutes
For example, he said that it is an indisputable fact that Medicare and Social Security are going bankrupt.
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Big Joe and the Joyful Noise
Biden dropped the hammer on Paul Ryan on Thursday, and it was a powerful thing to see.
Blind Faith as Profit Engine: How Free Market Worshipers Use Christian Utopianism to Bilk the Middle Class
The neoliberal utopianism that caused the financial crisis has been repackaged for the 2012 election, where it masks a giant swindle that transfers wealth from low- and middle-income citizens …
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Walkergate Trials Heating Up, Plea Deal Has State Buzzing
An investigation into Scott Walker's former staff has brought up allegations of illegal campaign work on the public payroll, embezzlement of funds from a veterans' charity, and even child …
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Lawmakers Get Graded on Equality Record
How do your representatives stack up when it comes to voting on policy that helps, or hinders, economic equality?
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California Food Fight: Just Say No to GMOs
The consequences of the Prop 37 vote will affect the lifelong health of every person who eats.
Independent Observers: Venezuela’s Election a Model of Democracy
The testimony of outside observers runs counter to media reports that have called the election undemocratic, “free but not fair” and said the vote exposes Chavez's "clown-prince system …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Private Health Insurers Are Preying on Medicare, and More
You need to know this. Vice President Joe Biden will square off against Paul Ryan in tonightu2019s Vice Presidential debate.
US War Against Afghanistan Just Entered Its Twelfth Year
The Afghan Peace Volunteers, a group of young people from Kabul who espouse nonviolence have recently called upon the whole world to join their campaign for the end to …