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AFL-CIO’s young workers plan second summit in Twin Cities

March 14, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

The AFL-CIO's young workers advisory council is taking charge of the labor movement by making its leadership more youthful and is planning a second summit to take place in the fall.

Republicans push guns on campuses

March 14, 2011 By Jordan Farrar

The Republican Party in several states is hell bent on getting more guns into the hands of school kids, including, ridiculously enough, in Arizona.

The GOP wants to suppress the student vote

March 9, 2011 By John Case

Paul Krugman's recent quip - that the Republican leadership has adopted the slogan "Kill the Future" to counter Obama's "Win the Future" slogan in his State of the Union address - gets truer every day.

Cut BP aid, not Pell Grants! students demand

March 7, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Student activists and advocates say congressional lawmakers need to get their budget priorities straight especially when it comes to making cuts to federal funding for higher education.

Campus rally and teach-in slam Ohio education cuts

March 7, 2011 By Rick Nagin

Faced with the prospect of massive cuts and hikes in tuition and fees, hundreds of students at Ohio University took part in a teach-in, a rally and a march last week.