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Education & Youth
Students Across the Country Collaborate to Fight Institutional Racism
Generation Justice joins together students across the country to discuss their activism.
Koch Brothers Supersize Higher Education Spending
In 2014, billionaire industrialists' foundations donated to more colleges than ever.
Every Student Succeeds Act Still Leaves Most Vulnerable Kids Behind
ESSA emphasizes K to 12 accountability over root causes of educational inequality.
Why Early Intervention Funds Cannot Be Sacrificed
Before lawmakers recess for the holiday, it is critical to highlight the effects these proposed cuts will have.
Top Climate Expert: Crisis Worse Than We Think; Scientists Are Self-Censoring to Downplay Risk
The climate crisis is more severe than even many scientists have acknowledged.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: California Schoolchildren Are Being Taught With Misleading Textbooks, and More
Right-wing lawmakers have vowed to block $3 billion that President Obama has pledged to help developing nations.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Big Pharma to Become One of Nation’s Biggest Tax Cheats, and More
Two of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world are about to merge.
Victory: Columbia University Divests $10 Million From Private Prisons
Behind the scenes with the student campaign that forced Columbia University to divest $10 million from private prisons.
Campus Protests Are the Result of Generations of Racist Exclusion
Campus movements across the nation must be seen in the context of generations of exclusion, inequality and resistance.
Black Student Revolt Against Racism Ousts Two Top Officials at University of Missouri
African-American students have staged weeks of demonstrations.