Rick Nagin
LATEST ARTICLES BY Rick Nagin
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U.S.
Protesters slam Kasich for “selling out Ohio”
February 9, 2012Protesters denounced huge tax giveaways to the rich and big business that the governor is paying for with cuts to education, mental health and city services.
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U.S.
Ravitch blasts corporate “school reform”
February 7, 2012Diane Ravitch, a national leader of the fight to defend public education, sounded the alarm about concerted efforts by corporate and right-wing forces to undermine democracy and destroy public education in the U.S.
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U.S.
Christian nationalists recruiting “child evangelists” in public schools
February 6, 2012Stewart presented the results of a study exposing a nationwide effort to turn public schools into a base for indoctrinating children in fundamentalism.
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Labor
Nationwide protests demand: End Cooper Tire lockout, with video
January 17, 2012"Corporate greed at Cooper Tire is flat out wrong!" That was the message brought by pickets protesting the lockout of 1051 workers by Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. at its plant in Findlay, Ohio.
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U.S.
Obama bulldozes GOP wall of obstruction
January 5, 2012The president said he was forced to make the appointment now, during the current Congressional recess, if the consumer protection agency was to function.
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Labor
Labor rallies to extend unemployment lifeline
December 13, 2011The AFL-CIO and allied groups have held actions in 50 cities urging extension of unemployment benefits set to begin expiring in January.
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Labor
Vice president, labor secretary cheer Ohio voters for SB5 defeat
November 17, 2011"You put out a different kind of fire," Solis said, referring to the key role firefighters played in the campaign.
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U.S.
Ohio celebrates: Union-busting bill goes down by landslide
November 9, 2011Labor and community activists throughout Ohio jubilantly celebrated the massive defeat of Issue 2 and repeal of the draconian union-busting SB 5.
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