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Gutting teacher tenure hurts the children
April 10, 2015Public education is under attack. Our children are labeled failures and teachers are criticized as lazy, ineffective, and overpaid.
Read moreErwin Marquit, 89: a lifelong communist
April 9, 2015Marquit was in the audience listening at the 30th Convention of the CPUSA when John Bachtell paid tribute to Party members who had died since the previous convention.
Read moreEmanuel re-elected, but progressives are real winners
April 8, 2015The reawakening of a broad-based progressive coalition will have political consequences well beyond this election, through new electoral infrastructure.
Read moreStrange convergence: Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg at 100
April 7, 2015They were each born into poverty six months and a hundred miles apart.
Read moreIndiana “religious freedom” bill: bad for state and my family
April 7, 2015"It appalls me that our legislators used my tax dollars to create, lobby for, and now defend a law that opens the door for discrimination against gays and lesbians."
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