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Occupy the Education System: Students, Teachers and Parents Find New Spirit and Challenge the Attack on Public Schools |
alternet.org - In the past couple of weeks, Occupy Wall Street has spurred dedicated education activists into some of the most innovative and inspiring actions. November 9, 2011 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join ...
Cuomo Tries to Shore Up the Support of Minorities
nytimes.com - SAN JUAN, P.R. — The crowd of Hispanic legislators and business leaders from New York, sipping cocktails at a sleek hotel overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, abruptly halted their conversations as Gov....
The New Progressive Movement
nytimes.com - OCCUPY WALL STREET and its allied movements around the country are more than a walk in the park. They are most likely the start of a new era in America. Historians have noted that American politics...
Why do we let the right define our message?
dailykos.com - Today's diary begins with a "Local Comment" by the Mackinac Center in the Detroit Free Press. But before I begin, I have to vent, calling commentary by the Mackinac Center "local" is a a complete ...
The 99% - Who Should Be TIME's Person of the Year 2011?
time.com - On Sept. 17, about 2,000 people amassed on Wall Street to protest corporate greed and influence in government. They didn't succeed in occupying all of the financial district, or even all of Wall St...
Lessons of California's 'parent trigger' education law
latimes.com - The so-called parent trigger option was first used nearly a year ago when parents at McKinley Elementary School in Compton presented a petition to the local school board demanding that a charter ma...
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The Money Behind the School Board Incumbents
publicola.com - This guest editorial was written by Seattle School Board challenger Sharon Peaslee (District 1, North Seattle) and Peaslee volunteer Christina O’Sullivan, a school mom in Peaslee’s district. PubliC...
Masters of the Game and Leaders by Example
nytimes.com - Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United States Chess Federation are masters — and just 13 of them are under the age of 14. Among that select group of prodigies are thre...
Masters of the Game and Leaders by Example
nytimes.com - Fewer than 2 percent of the 47,000 members of the United States Chess Federation are masters — and just 13 of them are under the age of 14. Among that select group of prodigies are thre...
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News from The Associated Press
hosted.ap.org - KAPOLEI, Hawaii (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the interrogation technique known as waterboarding constitutes torturing, disputing Republican presidential candidates who say they would reinsta...
Occupy Wall Street plans NYSE shutdown
crainsnewyork.com - Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning an attempt to shut down the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Nov. 17, as part of a series of actions to mark the movement's two-month birthday, accord...
Man Outed As Undercover Cop At Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality, Supports The Movement
thinkprogress.org - Shavies thinks his fellow police officers are over-using heavy-handed tactics. Across the country, police have used undercover and/or plainsclothed police officers to monitor occupations and protes...
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Bob seger - Old Time Rock And Roll (LYRICS)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Just take those old records off the shelfIll sit and listen to em by myselfTodays music aln t got the same soulI like that old time rock n rollDont try to take me to a discoYoull never even get me ...
Sunday Late Night: #OccupyTheMedia | Firedoglake
firedoglake.com - Last night, Portland television viewers were treated to wall-to-wall, all-local-channels, helicopters-hovering coverage of the approach — and uneventful passage — of Mayor Sam Adams’ three-day dead...
Simon and Garfunkel The Boxer (Original)
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Simon And Garfunkel The Boxer Lyrics I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises All lies and jests Still a ...
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Wisconsin Recall of Walker Begins Tuesday: "We're Gonna Get the Job Done," Teachers' Leader Declares
tomhayden.com - Wisconsin teachers’ union leader John Matthews says, “we have very comprehensive and creative plans” for the grass-roots recall of Tea Party Governor Scott Walker, which will launch this Tuesday, N...
1 out of 6 seniors are poor due to Medicare premiums. So Republicans want to make them pay more.
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - Everything Republicans do is counterintuitive. In a recovering recession, they want to do away with unemployment and Medicaid, when it's needed most. They want to create jobs, but cut the wages of ...
Singer crashes Obama summit with 'Occupy' song
news.yahoo.com - A popular Hawaiian recording artist turned a top-security dinner of Pacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the "Occupy" movement. Makan...
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Occupy Atlanta Encamps In Neighborhood To Save Police Officer's Home From Foreclosure
thinkprogress.org - Occupy Atlanta has repeatedly run into hurdles, as it has been evicted from Woodruff Park in Atlanta multiple times by the city’s unsympathetic mayor, Kasim Reed. Yet the group was invigorated yest...
Police Clear Out Occupy Denver
my.firedoglake.com - The noon sun warmed the crowd of Saturday marchers who paraded through downtown Denver today, rallying against the idea of “corporate personhood.” The people were peaceful in spite of a small alte...
Occupy Portland protesters defy eviction order in Oregon
democraticunderground.com - Source: Christian Science MonitorPORTLAND, OREGONAnti-Wall Street protesters and their supporters flooded a city park area in Portland early Sunday in defiance of an eviction order, and authorities...
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How Romney grew rich by plundering companies - Chicago Sun
suntimes.com - By Robyn Blummer November 11, 2011 9:30PM Updated: November 12, 2011 6:21PM If Mitt Romney wins the GOP nomination for president, the narrative for his 2012 run is pretty clear. He will tout his cr...
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whitehouse.gov - The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release November 13, 2011 Under the chairmanship of President Obama, leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum agreed...
First-Time Foreign Students in U.S. Increased by 8%
nytimes.com - First-time foreign students in U.S. increased by 8% First-time enrollment of international students at graduate schools in the United States grew 8 percent from 2010 to 2011, according ...
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Occupy Wall Street plans NYSE shutdown
crainsnewyork.com - Occupy Wall Street protesters are planning an attempt to shut down the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, Nov. 17, as part of a series of actions to mark the movement's two-month birthday, accord...
Man Outed As Undercover Cop At Occupy Oakland Condemns Police Brutality, Supports The Movement
thinkprogress.org - Shavies thinks his fellow police officers are over-using heavy-handed tactics. Across the country, police have used undercover and/or plainsclothed police officers to monitor occupations and protes...
Sunday Late Night: #OccupyTheMedia | Firedoglake
firedoglake.com - Last night, Portland television viewers were treated to wall-to-wall, all-local-channels, helicopters-hovering coverage of the approach — and uneventful passage — of Mayor Sam Adams’ three-day dead...
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