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Comment: Crystal Stella Becerril

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.
Comment: Lance Selfa

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.
Comment: Joe Allen

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?
Comment: Megan Brunston

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.
Report: Josh Paige

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.
Comment: Laura Taylor

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.
Comment: Brian Chidester

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.

Comment: Clayton Plake

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.
Interview: Sherise McDaniel

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.
Comment: Leela Yellesetty

Brought out into the open

Angelina Jolie's announcement should open up a public discussion about lack of access to life-saving health care.
Interview: Francisco Louçã

Facing the troika in Portugal

A leading member of Portugal's Left Bloc discusses the opposition to austerity in Europe and the opportunities for the left.
Comment: Sandy Boyer

What we can do for the living

With the death toll from the Bangladesh factory collapse at over 1,100, it's time to protect the living from future "accidents."
Column: Dave Zirin

Worth more than a Giant zero

Concession workers at AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, have voted to strike after three years without a raise.
Report: Jay Saper

Of checkpoints and pancakes

Students at Middlebury College set up a checkpoint outside a dining hall to draw attention to the issue of Israeli apartheid.
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Report: Aaron Petkov

We'd like a living wage with that order

More than 400 employees at fast-food restaurants across Detroit went on strike in the latest in a series of one-day actions by low-wage workers.
Comment: Lichi D'Amelio

NYC judge lets a killer walk

A New York City judge has tossed out manslaughter charges against the NYPD officer who killed Ramarley Graham.
Comment: Jesse Hagopian

MAP boycott scores a victory

Seattle Public Schools waved the white flag with an announcement that high schools can opt out of the MAP standardized test.
Obituary: Malcolm Shabazz

The memory of both Malcolms

Like his grandfather, Malcolm Shabazz died far too young and with far too much unfinished work in front of him.
Report: Jamie Partridge

Oregon's fight for postal jobs

Oregon postal workers are putting pressure on state politicians to defend threatened postal jobs.

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