Budget Cuts
Trump’s budget robs from the poor, gives to the rich
March 17, 2017Every dollar taken from programs to help low-income people “will go to unaccountable defense contractors.”
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Thousands of Boston public school students walk out to protest budget cuts
March 9, 2016Monday's walk out and protest was self-organized by students and received broad support from teachers, parents, and other allies.
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Illinois GOP governor solicits retirees as strikebreakers
August 4, 2015Rauner also failed to deny reports that he is considering calling on the Illinois National Guard to replace state workers in the event of a lockout or strike.
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Poverty and child brain damage
July 28, 2015When it comes to how we treat children, UNICEF ranks the U.S. at 34 out of 35 industrialized countries; 22 percent of children in the U.S. live in poverty
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Walker offers rightwing policies tried and tested in his Wisconsin lab
July 23, 2015Wisconsin stands as the actual laboratory of failure for Republican ideology and pain for the people.
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