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Dream Defenders Challenge Candidates to Tackle the “War on Youth” in Next Debate
In Boca Raton on Monday, the presidential candidates will be greeted by young activists with questions not covered in the debates.
In Defense of Indigenous Studies: This Time, It’s Personal
Seemingly few people realize that when the state came after Ethnic Studies in Arizona a few years ago, it was because the state deemed Raza Studies to be outside …
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Henry A. Giroux: Can Democratic Education Survive in a Neoliberal Society?
Hedge fund managers now sit on school boards across the country doing everything in their power to eliminate public schools and punish unionized teachers who do not support charter …
Education Profiteering: Wall Street’s Next Big Thing?
Wall Street's involvement in the charter school movement is presented as an act of philanthropy, but it's really about greed.
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JPMorgan Chase’s Tactics to Squeeze Student Loans Debtors
First, the big banks create debt. Then they get paid to collect it.
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On Both Sides of the Border, Teachers Fight Corporatization
In both Mexico and the United States, schools are an ideological battleground.
Affirmative Action: A Tale of Two Supreme Courts
Brazil is giving meaning to the notion that fighting discrimination is a priority, assuring that education is a universal human right.
President Clinton Comes to Davis
It is a rare opportunity to be able to share a stage with a former President of the United States. Jacqueline Stoddard had that experience, and it changed her …
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Supreme Court Conservatives Press Affirmative Action Supporters to Defend “Racial Preferences“
This past Wednesday the Supreme Court heard arguments on a case involving the use of race as a factor in accepting students at the University of Texas.
Jiingtamak (The Pow Wow)
The American Indian Festival is in its 25th year as a celebration of the unique culture of American Indian peoples for Native students and their families to come together …