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Goldcorp on Trial: First Ever People’s Health Tribunal Shows Commonalities Throughout Mesoamerica
Recently the International Peoplesu2019 Health Tribunal took place in Guatemala to discuss the injuries from the Marlin mine, an open pit gold mine that is one of the most …
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Breaking With Convention: Occupy Chicago Protests GOP in Tampa, Democrats at Home
On September 17, Occupy Wall Street will mark its one year anniversary with a spirit somewhere between celebration, outrage, and the need to reaffirm its own identity and significance. …
You Can’t Ever Stop Being Vigilant: The Role of Alternative Media in Protecting Democracy
Beverly Bell interviews Leslie Thatcher, content relations editor at Truthout, one of a number of independent, non-commercial news sites that offer an alternative to corporate-controlled media. In a world …
As Chicago Teachers Head Toward Strike, Democrats Turn on Their Union
Have Democrats abandoned teacher unions in their pursuit of a corporate-backed education overhaul? From the looks of the Democratic National Convention, it would seem so.
Free Trade Lobby Brigade Deployed at DNC
The same kinds of corporations are involved with different configurations and with different names that have the same mission: to hijack the name of free trade to impose all …
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Unhappy Anniversary: Republicans Have Blocked the American Jobs Act for One Year
One year after the failed American Jobs Act was first proposed employment is one of the most important issues in the election.
The Apocalypse of the Teacher (The Book of the Great Divide)
J.H. Marten's masterful prose tells the story of teachers in this country, and the great divide that threatens education as a whole.
Outing ACT: Test-and-Punish Doesn’t Educate, but It’s Profitable for Testing Companies
The testing fox is in the education henhouse and it is having a wonderful time. Take the mandated high-stakes tests, fall below an arbitrary cut score set by a …
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“It’s Arithmetic”: The Best of Bill Clinton’s DNC Speech, in One Infographic
Just in case you missed one of the most important points of Clinton's DNC speech on Wednesday, this infographic explains it all.
You Will Be Assimilated
Barry Eisler illustrates the warning signs of a journalist's demise, the things that let readers know when those we look to for the truth have been compromised.