Students
Thousands protest Philly school closings, layoffs
May 25, 2012Responding to a call by SEIU, more than a thousand people marched through downtown and rallied in front of the School Reform Commission offices.
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University of Oregon backs off attack on union
May 10, 2012A new faculty union was certified by the Oregon Employment Relations Board shortly after the university's administration dropped legal objections it had filed.
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Republican war spreads to students
May 8, 2012Republican senators today filibustered the Stop Student Loan Interest Rate Hike Act. Their action threatens to create havoc with the economy, and wreck the country's future.
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Obama pushes for lower student loan rates
April 25, 2012President Barack Obama is on the road again, this time to warn students about a pending interest rate hike on college loans if Congress doesn't act.
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Got Hope? “Detachment” doesn’t!
April 3, 2012Everything about this "real life high school" movie is tragic and miserable. The students are clinging to the edges of teenage life, the teachers are losing their minds, and the principal is getting divorced and fired.
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