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New Charter School Plan Should Alarm the Nation
Charter schools already have a segregation problem. But a new law about to pass in North Carolina would direct even more taxpayer money into funding charter schools that by design, if not by intent, lead to more racial segregation of school children. This is not only...
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Poor People's Campaign Protests Inequality Poor People’s Campaign is the angry response to inequality America needs. HuffPost: "Two Mondays ago, a bunch of dedicated rabble-rousers launched a new Poor People’s Campaign. Thousands demonstrated in Washington, D.C.,...
U.S. CEOs Are World's Best - For Themselves
U.S. chief execs don’t just make significantly more than their peers in other nations. The corporations they run pay their workers significantly less.
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How Gorsuch Upends SCOTUS Votes Little Scalia: How Neil Gorsuch divides Washington and the Supreme Court. NYM: "In late February 2018, like stagehands striking and rebuilding a set, the Supreme Court did it all over again. The case it heard was nearly identical,...
How Trump and the GOP's SCOTUS Screw Workers
Many have observed, correctly, that the Supreme Court’s recent 5 to 4 decision upholding forced arbitration for employees is a “devastating blow” to the rights of working people. This decision by the court’s conservative majority will affect an estimated 60 million...
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Women Candidates Surge in Primaries Women surging in Democratic politics for 2018, 2020. Axios: "The biggest trend in midterm Democratic politics is women kicking ass, a sign of energy and momentum for women presidential candidates in 2020. Why it matters: Women are...
Cynthia Nixon Takes On the Test-And-Punish Regime
One way New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon is challenging voters - and her rival, incumbent Andrew Cuomo - is by pushing to end the unfair and inaccurate rating of teachers based on how their students score on standardized tests.
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Trump Violates Constitution With Asia Self-Dealing President moves to rescue Chinese telecom as Beijing funds major Trump project. Common Dreams: "'This affair is a screaming violation of the U.S. Constitution's emoluments clause'. That was how Robert Weissman of...
Trade Negotiations Require a Steel Spine
The first concern of a US president should be the millions of jobs Americans lost because of China’s predatory trade practices. After months tough talk, Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have inexplicably reversed course to save jobs at ZTE, a Chinese phone company. To fix this mess, it will take a spine of steel - not smoke and mirrors.
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Trump Stokes Anti-Immigrant Fervor Trump on MS-13: ‘These are not people, these are animals’. The Hill: "President Trump on Wednesday doubled down on his use of the term 'animals' to describe some immigrants living illegally in the U.S. Speaking at an event in New...
