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Indiana: Jennifer McCormick for Governor!!

Indiana has plunged headlong into privatization of its-once-beloved public schools. Fortunately, there is a knowledgeable candidate for Governor who has promised to stop the destruction of public...

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ACLU: How to Protect Free Speech on Campus

The American Civil Liberties Union issued a statement to advise college and university presidents about responding to student protests. We write in response to the recent protests that have spread...

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New Orleans: A Failed Experiment

The founding myth of the corporate reform movement is the rebirth and transformation of the public schools of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Most of the city’s public schools suffered...

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Florida: Should These Children Live or Die?

Scott Maxwell, columnist for The Orlando Sentinel, wrote about the state’s callous indifference to the neediest of the state’s children. These are the children who are not included in Ron DeSantis’s...

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My Conversation about the State Takeover of Houston Public Schools on...

I was invited by KPFT, a Pacifica station in Houston, to discuss the state takeover of the Houston Independent School District. The host of the show is Paul Castro, who has taught in HISD and in an...

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Qatari Spokesman: Both Sides Are Blocking Peace Deal

In a historic first, a Qatari Minister agreed to be interviewed by Israeli journalists. The interview is fascinating because the minister is directly involved in negotiations between Hamas and Israel....

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Greg Olear: Jared Kushner’s Ties to the National Enquirer

Greg Olear noticed Jared Kushner’s new role as a financier and his success at staying far, far away from his father-in-law’s trial in New York City. He also noticed that Jared had replaced Michael...

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Are Fetuses People, with the Rights of Other People?

The next frontier of the abortion debate is rapidly approaching. It is the movement to legislate that life begins at the instant of conception, and that fetuses in the womb (or stored in a tank in an...

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Joel: Why Does the Media Lie About the Economy?

Our reader is a retired union worker who follows economic and political news closely. He lives on long Island in New York. He wrote this comment in response to Jonathan V. Last’s article about the...

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Texas: Rightwing Lt. Gov. Wants to Abolish Property Taxes and Public Schools

Chris Tomlinson, a columnist for The Houston Chronicle, writes here about the audacious, mendacious plan of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick to destroy public schools. Patrick was a talk-show host like Rush...

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