Students
“Walkerville” tent city grows in Wisconsin
June 6, 2011Like the workers who built "Hooverville" tent cities in the Depression of the 1920s and '30s, protestors are dramatizing their opposition to Republicans' economic policies.
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Gingrich youth poll test proposal draws fire
June 2, 2011Newt Gingrich told assembled voters that young people should be required to take a poll test before being allowed to vote.
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“Red School Bus” stops in Chicago
May 26, 2011Classes at the school were on the "political time of day," capitalism, the labor movement, racism and immigration and LGBT rights.
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California teachers arrested
May 20, 2011A week of statewide teacher protests in California included the arrest of 26 members of the California Teachers Association.
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Baltimore students protest cuts
May 13, 2011tudents at the Baltimore School for the Arts boycotted their classes May 13 to protest the layoff of teachers and other cutbacks forced by budget cuts in the city, state and nation.
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