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Teachers hit over-reliance on testing
July 19, 2012The AFT will launch an all-out drive against school systems' overdependence on high-stakes testing as a measure of student progress.
Read moreWorkers at Illinois plant say Romney is outsourcing their jobs
July 18, 2012Workers at a Bain Capital-owned company here are demanding that Mitt Romney come to town and stop the planned shipping of their jobs overseas.
Read moreIn Japan, thousands protest nuclear power
July 18, 2012This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.
Read moreWelcome to the London lockdown
July 18, 2012Parliament is moving center-stage as crises of private-sector greed and incompetence are laid before select committees.
Read moreAFL-CIO: Call senators today to pass Bring Jobs Home Act
July 18, 2012The AFL-CIO and other backers are urging the public to contact their senators immediately to tell them to vote "yes" on the bill.
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