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Education Reform Advances in “Post-Riot” Anaheim
The group Partnership for 21st Century Skills purports to advance education in Anaheim's mostly Latino schools.
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Republican Lies Thwart Attempts to Reach Democratic Ideal of Educated Citizenry
: Thomas Jefferson may have touted the importance of an informed citizenry, but what if the information that is educating citizens is coming from Republican lies?
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War on Democracy in Wisconsin: Bill Would Enact Voter ID, End Disclosure, Limit Early Voting and Expand Lobbyist Influence
A Wisconsin legislator has managed to bundle nearly all of the excesses associated with dirty elections into a single bill that good government advocates are describing as a 'sweeping …
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Hundreds Protest Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees in North Carolina
Opponents say the genetically altered trees would turn forests into mono-crop fuel generators.
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Maya Angelou Writes of Mothers and Daughters: Reconciliation and Unconditional Love
Maya Angelou writes of her mother, Vivian Baxter in her latest autobiography, “Mom & Me & Mom.”
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Life on Penalty of Death
Maya Schenwar details her exchange with a prisoner on death row, striking right to the heart of what it means to be human.
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Puerto Rican Independentista Oscar López Rivera’s 32 Years of Resistance to Torture
A new book examines the broader political significance of Puerto Rican activist Oscar Lopez Rivera's case, while providing an unflinching look at how imprisonment and draconian policies like solitary …
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Is the Monsanto Protest the Next Salt March?
Is it possible that the fight against Monsanto could be a tipping point in the battle against corporate greed?
Anti-Government Extremism Has Roots in Prewar South
The right's fear of government traces back to to slavery in the antebellum South.
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The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty — and It’s Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. But it's actually much worse.