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Report exposes inconvenient truth on charter schools
September 8, 2006Charter schools under-perform public schools, a recently released government study reports. The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics study compared 4th grade math and reading tests in charter and public schools. Public school...
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Black caucus urges big vote to advance equality
September 8, 2006WASHINGTON — Charging that “inequities” have widened for Black people in recent decades, the 44-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) promised a determined campaign to get out the vote Nov. 7 to break the right-wing grip on...
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$30,000 jump-starts PWW fund drive
September 8, 2006NEW YORK — This year’s People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive kicked off with a bang, with PWW writers engaging in fundraising events, local fundraising committees formed, and tens of thousands of dollars turned in for...
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Bush fear campaign called shameful as Democrats demand troop pullout starting this year
September 8, 2006“Cheap spin, fear-mongering and deliberate mischaracterization of his critics.” “Shameful tactic.” “Close to delusional.” These were editorial reactions of newspapers across the “heartland” last week as President Bush and other administration officials launched a political offensive.
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Pilgrimage for justice: Immigrant rights activists march to House Speakers doorstep
September 8, 2006BATAVIA, Ill. — Bearing American flags and pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary while marching to the beat of Korean drummers, some 400 immigrant workers, their families and supporters walked 50 miles from Chicago to...
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