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May 24, 2013

May 23, 2013

  • Generation out of luck

    College graduation is supposed to be a time of celebration--yet the class of 2013 is facing a future of uncertainty and diminished prospects.

  • No one had to die in Oklahoma

    The fact that most schools in Oklahoma don't have storm shelters shows how the system prepares for disasters--it doesn't.

  • "We will not be threatened"

    Thousands took the streets in Greenwich Village to protests the anti-LGBT attack that killed Mark Carson.

  • Students walk out in Philly

    Some 2,000 Philadelphia students took action to protest racist school closures that will ravage the school district.

  • A year of fighting for Alan

    Two hundred people turned out on May 6 to mark the one-year anniversary of Alan Blueford's murder by Oakland police.

  • United against the pipeline

    Native Americans leaders representing 10 sovereign nations explain why they walked out on meetings with the State Department.

  • "My god, they're beating him"

    Benny Warr was sitting in his wheelchair waiting for the bus when Rochester police told him to leave--and then beat him.

  • Proudhon's ideas and social change

    Karl Marx took issue with how Pierre-Joseph Proudhon formulated his ideas as a strategy for social change.

May 22, 2013

  • Every school is our school

    Days before the Chicago school board was to vote on closing 54 schools, thousands took to the streets for three days of marching to demand education justice.

  • The end of austerity?

    Some elite voices are challenging the ruling class consensus in favor of austerity--but that doesn't mean the cuts will end.

  • Empire is the cancer on our civil liberties

    Commentators are using the W-word--Watergate--in connection with Barack Obama's latest scandals. Is that too harsh?

  • My abortion, my choice

    A young woman explains why she feels it's important to talk about having an abortion--and why she won't be silenced.

  • The living wage fight visits the capital

    The national strike movement by low-wage workers came to Washington, D.C., with an action by federal contract workers.

  • Teacher-bashing gone viral

    A 90-second video of a student frustrated by what he sees as an uninspired learning environment has gotten national attention.

  • Why Gist has got to go

    A Rhode Island teacher's open letter to Rhode Island politicians asks who will stand up in defense of public education.

May 21, 2013

  • Beaten to death by Bakersfield police

    David Silva's death after a savage beating by Bakersfield sheriff's deputies is sparking outrage, despite alleged efforts by officials to cover it up.

  • Fighting for our schools and neighborhoods

    A parent leader of the struggle to save one of 54 schools on the chopping block in Chicago talks about what's at stake.

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