| Sep 13, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyPublic schools Are sinking sure; All the worse, If kids are poor. As U.S. schools, especially those serving minorities and the poor, fall further and further behind Europe and East Asia, self-flagellation rules our education establishment. We always admit that what...
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| Sep 6, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyHere’s what you’ll find in the latest OtherWords editorial package, which includes an op-ed by Jason Salzman about the tea party’s desire to scrap the Department of Education. Get all this and more in your inbox by subscribing to our weekly...
| | Rights / DemocracyAs America’s kids get used to school again, American education spending and policies are under attack. Tea party-backed candidates around the country, particularly in the West, are dredging up the old GOP idea to shut down the Department of Education. Quick...
| | Rights / DemocracyIncreasingly we live in a world–alas–of deliberate misrepresentation and mischaracterization. Or you could call them lies. Thank God for mainstream, fair-minded journalists like myself, who care for little but truth, justice, and setting the record...
| Aug 30, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyAcross the United States, Labor Day marks the end of summer, and a day off from the job for the lucky ones. We often forget that this holiday originated from strife, not leisure. Labor Day became a national holiday to celebrate America’s workers only because...
