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What’s Red and Black and Controlled Independently by Students?
The student-run newspaper serving the University of Georgia, of course. When the board tried to take over editorial control, the student staff walked out in a final effort to …
Investors Seek to Profit From Privatizing Public Schools
Activists at Peopleu2019s Education Convention demand an end to excessive testing.
Learning to Hate Longhorn Football
One professor discusses how the million dollar industry of college football might be costing students the most.
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Chicago Teachers Union to File Ten-Day Strike Notice, Say Reports
As one of the biggest teachers unions in the country, the CTU's decision is seen as a fight that could re-energize US labor the way the Wisconsin protests did …
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Chicago Teachers Move Toward Strike
Other public-sector unions and community groups have rallied behind the teachers, and surveys have shown that parents strongly support the teachersu2019 position.
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In Montreal’s Streets, the Movement Continues
The largest demonstration since the spring sent a strong message that this movement is here to stay.
Post-Katrina Reforms in New Orleans Continue to Disenfranchise African-Americans, Poor
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has become a laboratory for government reforms that often pit new residents against those who grew up here, rich against poor, and …
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Days of Rage: The Quebec Student Protest Movement and the New Social Awakening
From Paris, Athens and London to Montreal and New York City, young people are challenging the current repressive historical conjuncture by rejecting its dominant premises and practices.
Remembering Howard Zinn by Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure?
Howard Zinn would have turned 90 a couple of days ago. I have to imagine after reading and re-reading most of Zinn's works that if Zinn were alive today, …
Living, Loving Meaningfully: The Revolution Will Not Be Anti-Social
In an time when the political and personal are constantly colliding, sometimes the path to activism begins at home.