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Philly coalition demands quality education for all
August 23, 2013They came to deliver a message to the School Reform Commission (SRC), the mayor and governor: "Restore funding for Philadelphia schools!"
Read moreFeminist and Marxist: Dorothy Smith receives lifetime sociology award
August 22, 2013At a national meeting this summer here, social theorist Dorothy E. Smith was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Read moreActivists demand Rep. Dan Lipinski support immigration reform
August 21, 2013Nestled in a small strip mall here in the shadow of Midway Airport sits Democrat Rep. Dan Lipinski's office. It was to that office immigration activists delivered a birthday cake recently.
Read moreManning gets 35 years, will seek White House pardon
August 21, 2013A military judge sentenced Army Pfc. Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks.
Read moreCalifornia prisoners’ hunger strike enters seventh week
August 21, 2013As a hunger strike by California prison inmates entered its seventh week Aug. 19, authorities said some 130 inmates in six prisons are refusing meals.
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