U.S.
Teachers union leader: School gun violence fear leads kids to write their wills
June 23, 2022NEA President Becky Pringle says the nation must break the cycle of shootings via strong gun controls. And she doesn’t mean pistol-packing teachers in classrooms, either.
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Public school privatization privileges profits over learning
June 23, 2022Structurally segregated by race and driven by economic inequalities, the U.S. education system is designed to limit the technical and cultural development of the working class.
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New Brooklyn tenant’s coalition stands up to abusive landlords
June 22, 2022After a tenant passed out from carbon monoxide poisoning in her basement apartment, a neighborhood coalition formed to take on dangerous living conditions and unscrupulous landlords.
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Before Trump coup, Georgia elections official warned: ‘Someone’s going to get killed’
June 22, 2022"There were a lot of threats wishing death upon me,” election worker Shaye Moss testified. “Telling me that I’ll be in jail with my mother…things like, ‘Be glad it’s 2020 and not 1920.’”
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Detroit billionaire demands 10-year, $60 million tax break, taking money from schools
June 21, 2022Billionaire Dan Gilbert of Bedrock Management Services already got $200 in tax breaks and scored a prime piece of real estate for only $1.
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