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Labor studies instructor vindicated after Breitbart hit job
May 12, 2011University of Missouri-St Louis instructor Don Giljum was vindicated after university administrators said May 9 that videos of the labor studies instructor were "highly distorted."
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Tony Kushner CUNY degree struggle: Symptom of nationwide problem
May 9, 2011Tonight the executive board of the trustees of the City University of New York will reportedly meet and reverse a decision to table and potentially deny playwright Tony Kushner an honorary doctorate from John Jay College.
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Attack on Missouri labor studies threatens academic freedom
May 6, 2011The University of Missouri St. Louis may garner the reputation as a hostile place to work and learn for refusing, so far, to stand up to an attack on students, teachers and academic freedom.
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Obama, Trump and the new racism of the right
April 29, 2011From Oklahoma's Sally Kern to Donald Trump, it would appear that the party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth.
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Tea party picked the wrong flag
April 26, 2011Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a bill into law last week that provides special protected status for the tea party-adopted "Don't Tread on Me" flag.
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