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Healthcare is a right
I have written before about the high cost ($84K for a course of treatment) of Sovaldi, the new game-changing hepatitis…
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7 crazy questions teachers ask under capitalism
Almost no other profession is as thoroughly scrutinized as teaching. Everyone thinks they can do it and everyone has an…
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Struggle leads to progress: Medicaid & autism treatment
As Frederick Douglass famously said, “Without struggle there is no progress.” This has once again been proven correct as the…
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Apartheid housing approved in NYC
Like most places in the U.S., neighborhoods in New York City are generally divided by class lines. Like most major…
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STEM isn’t the solution
The old engines of capitalist growth are in decay. Above, abandoned auto factory in Detroit. How can young people avoid…
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Corporate welfare for Holtec keeps Camden poor
Photo credit: Camden Save Our Schools Coalition On July 11, the misnamed New Jersey Economic Development Authority handed out the…
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The religion of money and control
This is a transcript of a speech written for Albuquerque’s protest against the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. This assault…
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Welcome to ‘average prosperity’
Since mid-2009 until May, the U.S. economy has been mired in a period of stagnation/depression, while an unusually weak recovery…
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Privatization squeezes GED students
“The fact is this for-profit company is making money off the GED students,” says Allison B., a veteran Albuquerque teacher…
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Looking back at the 1964 Civil Rights Act
This July 2nd we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The most obvious and really glaring…
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