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Students, staff, instructors march against budget cuts
More than 1,000 students, professors and staff members at California State University of Long Beach marched and rallied on April…
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California students fight back against cuts
Sacramento State University students occupied the administration building for nearly three days in a fight against the California's tuition hikes.
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Unpaid internships: a modern-day twist on serfdom
By law, unpaid internship positions are supposed to benefit primarily the intern. But as hundreds of thousands of workers are…
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Education Secretary Duncan hypocritically comments on dropout rate
Duncan, a leading figure in the campaign to gut the public school system, recently stated that the high school dropout…
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LA’s Hamilton High School walks out
On March 18, the students of Hamilton High School made history in the streets of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles labor fights back
On March 26, over 20,000 workers shut down downtown Los Angeles for a mass march and rally in solidarity with…
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Librarians call for boycott of profit-hungry publisher
New technology makes possible the publication of electronic books and that could provide unlimited access to human knowledge. What stands…
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Florida governor to sign ‘merit pay’ bill for teachers
The Florida “merit pay” bill SB 736, to be signed by Gov. Rick Scott, is an attack on workers’ rights.…
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Harvard study debunks teacher merit pay
A study has concluded that the $75 million experiment in merit pay for New York City public school teachers had…
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Students’ struggle against Penn State tuition hikes continues
Students at Penn State are taking a stand against a five percent increase in the cost of tuition, an increase…
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