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Québec’s Student Strike Turning Into a Citizens’ Revolt
the ongoing conflict between the provincial government and striking students and their supporters will go down in history as one of the province's - indeed the country's - biggest …
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Obama Has to Explain Why Fairness Is Essential to Growth (and Why Some Democrats Have to Stop Believing Otherwise)
The Cory Booker imbroglio has ignited a silly but potentially pernicious debate in the Democratic Party between so-called “pro-growth centrists” who want the President to focus on how well …
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Occupy Wall Street Librarians Strike Back
Even now, six months after the brutal raid on Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park, we have yet to fully learn the extent of the destruction and violence - …
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Morsi, Shafik, Sabahi: Top Three Presidential Contenders in Tight Race in Egypt
Cairo - Stunned Egyptians awoke Friday to learn that the revolution that led to the first democratic elections here in history appeared to produce a Muslim Brotherhood and a regime …
David Barton’s Latest Lunacy: “I’ve Decided That Mikey Weinstein Is Now the New Secretary of the Air Force”
We at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) are used to baseless, slanderous attacks. As the sole organization looking out for the constitutionally guaranteed civil rights of armed service …
What Fires Young Progressives’ Activism? A New Study Asks Them
While they have many critiques of themselves and others, our participants exhibited an optimism and steadfastness that made me feel the same.
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Growing Mexican Student Protests Target Televisa, TV Azteca Over Coverage of Presidential Campaign
A spontaneous student movement is bringing attention to allegations that Mexicou2019s media conglomerates offer biased and superficial election coverage, drawing a whiff of Mexican spring to a lackluster presidential …
Chicago Teachers Turn Up the Heat on Rahm Emanuel (Video)
A strike before November? Teachers say they are ready for it.
The Rights of the Child, “Adultism” and the Philosophy of Childhood
The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted in 1989 and opened for signatures. As of 2009, some 194 countries have ratified the convention, including all members …
Did Kaplan Lobby to Deregulate For-Profit Colleges While One of Its Schools Defrauded Students?
New information appears to tie Washington Post-owned Kaplan University to this legislation deregulating for-profit colleges at the same time Kaplan was misleading students about the accreditation status of a …