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Happy Birthday, Bayard Rustin: Dan Falcone Interviews Walter Naegle, Partner of the Late Bayard Rustin
Naegle was Bayard Rustin's partner from 1977 until Rustin's death in 1987 and he is executor and archivist of the Bayard Rustin Estate.
A War on Campus? Northeastern University Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter
The Northeastern University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine has become the latest student group to face reprimand for organizing around the Palestinian cause.
New York City’s Charter School Showdown Reignites National Debate on Privatized Education
The battle over charter schools is heating up after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blocked three privately run charter schools from using rent-free space inside public schools.
American Hustle: Ignoring Poverty In the US
This American Hustle allows politicians, the media, and the public to wash their collective hands of actually doing anything except demanding that the lazy poor step up to the …
What If California Spent As Much On Education As It Does On Prisons?
In the state of California it costs roughly seven times more to house one prisoner for a year than it does to send just one child to a college …
Henry Giroux | Neoliberalism, Youth and Social Justice
Henry Giroux speaks with Ronald Jackson on issues of neoliberalism, the war on youth, and required cultural changes for a better future.
The Fallacy of Financial Education
Dave Ramsey is a huge success because he is peddling one of the huge but popular illusions of American culture: that people can become rich by making better financial …
The Test Boycott Is On!
The testing boycott is official! Today, two Chicago teachers are refusing to distribute the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT), even though Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has said …
American Social Classes Defined
In what American social class do you or your family reside: the wealthy, middle class, working class, or poor?
School’s Out: The Decimation of Public Education
On this edition of Making Contact weu2019ll explore how the privatization of public education is playing out across the country and how students and teachers are fighting back.