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Beyond the Limits of Neoliberal Higher Education: Global Youth Resistance and the American/British Divide
“We need a wholesale revision of how a democracy both listens to and treats young people.”
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A Hidden Toll as States Shift to Contract Workers
Grand Rapids, Michigan - Like many states and local governments struggling to cut costs, Michigan hopes to replace some government employees with contract workers who will do the same …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Senate Democrats Make Fourth Try to Pass Portion of Jobs Bill, and More
In today's On the News segment: The Koch brothers got occupied, Senate Democrats make their fourth try at passing a portion of the president's American Jobs Act, Texas may …
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Women Fight to Save Fukushima’s Children
Tokyo - Hundreds of Japanese women have been converging on the Japanese capital demanding better relief for some 30,000 children exposed to nuclear radiation by the Fukushima meltdown. …
The One Percent Turns Class War Into Generational War
Major news outlets like The Washington Post and National Public Radio constantly bombard us with news pieces on the budget deficit. Invariably these stories focus on the cost of …
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You Don’t Know Mitt: Ninety-Nine Facts About Mitt Romney
In the race for the Republican presidential nomination, the media has focused on a succession of colorful Republican contenders and pretenders: Sarah Palin, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, and Herman …
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Entirely Surrounded: Protesters Encircle White House, Close in on Tar Sands Industry
“We don’t know how many people it takes to encircle the White House, but we’re about to find out,” Bill McKibben told a crowd of over 12,000 gathered in …
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Making Safer Spaces: Occupy Wall Street Addresses Questions of Security at Zuccotti Park
Rumors of a possible eviction of Occupy Wall Street began late in the afternoon last Thursday, right after Mayor Bloomberg alleged that the occupiers at Liberty Plaza – formerly …
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Poland Steps Into Arab Spring
Benghazi, Libya - As the first foreign official to visit Libya after the liberation announcement made by National Transitional Council, Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski tried to kill two …
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Race Barrier May Topple as Voters Pick Mayor
San Francisco - This city with the country’s oldest Chinatown appears likely to elect a Chinese-American mayor for the first time on Tuesday, and for many residents it is …