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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 …
A Tale of Two Chicagos: Teachers Protest Unequal System
In a system as segregated as Chicago Public Schools, where a quarter of a million students go to schools where 90 percent or more of their classmates are black …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: A Federal Judge Struck Down the Indefinite Detention Provision Within the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), and More
In today's On the News segment: Federal Judge Katherine Forrest struck down the controversial indefinite detention provision passed and signed by President Obama on New Year's Eve last year …
Survivor of US Military Rape in Japan Allowed to Pursue Perpetrator in US Courts
Ruling allows Australian woman to collect a Japanese civil judgment against a former US Navy sailor for raping her in Japan ten years ago.
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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 …
Haitian Activist Tours US Demanding Housing Rights for the Country’s 400,000 Displaced
Housing activist Reyneld Sanon is beginning a tour in the US to raise awareness about Under Tents, the international campaign for housing rights in Haiti.
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The Love of Light: Gore Vidal, 1925 – 2012
Gore Vidal was renaissance man of letters who wrote award winning novels, essays, stage plays, and screenplays, now achieves the greatest goal of any writer: immortality.
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Fed Announces New $23 Billion Round of Bond Buying to Spur Growth
The Fed also said that it now expects to hold short-term interest rates near zero until at least mid-2015.
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Moody’s Threat to Downgrade US Debt is Political, Not Fiscal
There is no risk of default on US bonds. Moody's warning about its AAA rating serves a rightwing agenda of public spending cuts.
Chicago Teachers Strike Enters Fourth Day
Labor unions back striking teachers, while Democrats remain silent .