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Whats Behind the War on Class Size

To all those out there who are clamoring for "market-based" approaches to education reform, please tell me this: What kind of a business slashes inventory in the face of increasing demand? Because that is exactly what's going on with public education in America today....

The GOPs Birther Blues

OK. I think I understand why he did it. At first I didn't think Obama's release of his long form birth certificate would do him much good. But now I'm beginning to think the president knows exactly what he's doing, how it could help him, and how it can potentially...

Fire Fighters Turn off the Spigot

Remember when the fight broke out in Wisconsin over the right to collectively bargain and President Obama and a phalanx of national democratic leaders spread out across the country fighting for the rights of American workers?  Right, we don't remember that...

Corporate Propaganda Response To Town Hall Medicare Anger

The Republican plan for Medicare "cuts government spending" by shifting the cost of old-age health care directly to the middle class and poor. (I’ll explain below.) Here’s the thing: someone is going to get that $34 trillion. (I’ll explain below.) And that someone...

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