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Anti-union hitwoman Michelle Rhee fires 241 D.C. school teachers
Michelle Rhee, chancellor of Washington, D.C., schools, recently fired 241 teachers just prior to the beginning of the school year.…
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Victory over Prop 8: The struggle for equality continues
Carlos Alvarez, candidate of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, is running for governor of California on the Peace and…
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Students, community fight re-segregation in North Carolina
On July 20, community members packed a school board meeting and the streets of Raleigh, N.C., to voice their opposition…
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Gerardo Hernández needs your help!
The following appeal was issued by the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five July 30. Within the last few…
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The looting of Iraq
The corporate media-created popular image of "looting" is one of poor people taking TVs or shoes or other goods from…
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Fourteen examples of systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system
The author is legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and a law professor at Loyola University New Orleans.…
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Activist soldier Dan Choi discharged
Dan Choi recently learned that he had been honorably discharged from the Army National Guard. He was dismissed for publicly…
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Obama administration further restricts abortion access
The department of Health and Human Services announced July 15 that abortion services would not be covered in states' "high…
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Activists mark the anniversary of the Korean War, call for a peace treaty now!
Today marks the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement that established a ceasefire in the Korean War.…
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NYC ‘Stop and Frisk’ policy targets Black, Latino youth
Basic constitutional rights that guarantee for every individual freedom from search, seizure and detention without an established probable cause of…
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