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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.
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Federal Loophole Enables Lower Spending on Students of Color
Students of color are being shortchanged across the country when compared to their white peers.
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Walmart, Right-Wing Media Company Hold Star-Studded Benefit Promoting Education Reform Film
The reform being pushed is one of the model bills pushed by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
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Detroit’s Wayne State University Looks to Destroy Tenure
A Detroit university attempts to shift tenure policies to a format that would effectively remove peer review and centralize the power to terminate faculty in administratorsu2019 hands.
How America’s Falling Share of Global College Graduates Threatens Future Economic Competitiveness
The United Statesu2019 share of global college graduates fell substantially in the first decade of the 21st century and stands to drop even more by 2020 as developing economies …
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“We Have No Choice But to Step Up”: Youth Activists Come Together to Build a Movement for Student Power
Student organizers from around the country (and the world) gathered in Columbus to help build a unified, strong student movement, learn from one another, and take action.
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To End the Jobs Recession, Invest an Extra $20 Billion in Public Education
Research consistently shows that education spending creates more jobs per dollar than any other kind of government spending.
Corporations Try to Kill Community Colleges
Within a month I had free child care from the revolutionary Family Resource Center at City College of San Francisco, a small federal grant which covered my books and …