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Scholars chart the political economy of education privatization
March 20, 2017Around the world, major efforts are underway to turn public education into a product for sale on the market. New scholarship examines the economics and ideology behind it all.
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Colonialism bears bitter fruit in Puerto Rico
March 20, 2017The U.S. government board controlling Puerto Rican finances has approved a plan that extracts $800 million per year from the island in interest payments and orders pension reductions and layoffs.
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This week in history: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 20, 2017"The existence of racial barriers is repugnant to the ideals of any human society.”
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‘Somebody else’s babies’ – When Steve King says culture, he means race
March 20, 2017Iowa congressman Steve King and others may pretend they're not talking about “race” by slyly replacing the word with “culture," but the intent is the same.
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Labor leaders grapple with how to halt the Trump agenda
March 20, 2017"It was a mistake for the Democrats to not nominate Bernie Sanders, who could bring together not just the left, but the center and even some on the right."
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