Education

Anti-teacher-union “Won’t Back Down” flunks at box office

October 3, 2012 By Susan Webb

"Won't Back Down," the Hollywood movie portraying teachers unions as pretty much the devil, has set the record for the worst opening since 1982.

Unions back universities in race and admissions Supreme Court case

September 28, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

Declaring that, still, "race matters" in schools and society, unionsare siding with top universities in a U.S. Supreme Court case on the role of race in college admissions.

A fight grows in Brooklyn to save SUNY Downstate

September 25, 2012 By Gabe Falsetta

Public health professionals are working to save hundreds of jobs and preserve community services here at a state university-run medical center, the fourth largest employer in the borough

Group sees the disabled as their own best spokespeople

September 25, 2012 By James Raines

Marian Bacon has worked at The Memphis Center for Independent Living, an action and advocacy organization for people with disabilities, for over five years.

Reclaim democracy, protect the vulnerable says faith community

September 25, 2012 By John Rummel

At its Fire of Faith, Rekindling Democracy rally this past Sunday, the Detroit metropolitan faith community unveiled a new kind of "heat" beginning to sweep the region.