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Unions, civil rights group pan Trump “school safety” commission’s recommendations
December 20, 2018One DeVos recommendation—restoring discrimination in discipline of “problem” students—is thinly veiled racism against young African Americans, says AFT President Randi Weingarten.
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‘Moral disaster’ unfolding in child migrant detention centers
December 20, 2018Decades after the U.S. stopped institutionalizing kids because large and crowded orphanages were causing lasting trauma, it is happening again.
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Trump denied money for border wall; vows government shutdown
December 20, 2018The question now is whether Trump will sign the legislation or hold the entire country hostage for his planned wall along the Mexican border.
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Two important films from Palestine at Toronto Festival
December 20, 2018One of the films takes a satirical approach while the other goes uncharacteristically beyond the traditional focus on the heroic acts of courage the world has come to know from people in this region.
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Striking health workers demand parity for mental and physical healthcare
December 20, 2018“Don’t get me wrong—I would love to have more money, but what motivates me to show up on the picket line is that so many of our patients don’t get what they need, so many of...
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