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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 …
The Bane of Banned Books
Bill talks about the impact libraries have had on his youth, his dismay over book challenges in modern times, and why censorship is the biggest enemy of truth.
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“The Measure of a Nation” Challenges Illusions of American Superiority
New book throws a much-needed bucket of cold water on a nation that seems determined to sleepwalk its way over a cliff.
Free Speech Scores a Hat Trick
Freedom of speech had a hat trick of victories last week, proving that despite the interest of law enforcement and other machinations of the state to put down protesters, …