August 2012
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Chatting with Chomsky →
Noam Chomsky, after delivering a speech at the University of Toronto. (Photo by Andrew Rusk/Flickr) The linguistics professor, political theorist and activist discusses the Occupy movement, Obama’s first term and the economic crisis in Europe BY Sebastian Meyer ‘The idea of imposing austerity under recession is a recipe for suicide. … The effect, and presumably the intention, is to...
Aug 16th
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Working Class Men's Wages Have Plummeted Over the... →
By Kevin Drum Dylan Matthews says a bit more today about something I mentioned briefly a couple of weeks ago: among men, wages haven’t just stagnated over the past few decades. They’ve plummeted: As you can see on the black line in the above graph, median earnings for men in 2009 were lower than they were in the early 1970s. And it gets worse. The decline shown above is actually...
Aug 3rd
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Biden draws cheers at AFT convention →
by: John Rummel July 31 2012 tags: Teachers, unions, public education, schools, election, budget cuts DETROIT - “Teachers are under fullblownassault,” declared Vice President Joe Biden, addressing the American Federation of Teachers convention here on Sunday. Vice President Biden, his wife Dr. Jill Biden - a longtime teacher, United Auto Workers President Bob King and noted...
Aug 2nd
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Emergency Manager 'inflates' numbers →
By Eric T. Campbell The Michigan Citizen” DETROIT — Detroit Public Schools (DPS) emergency manager and Educational Achievement Authority (EAA) board chairman Roy Roberts is “inflating” his administrative success, according to a new study. Despite promises otherwise, the EM is directing more resources to his administration than the classroom. Roberts has consistently criticized DPS bureaucracy,...
Aug 2nd
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Aug 1st
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It’s Hip! It’s Cool! It’s Libertarianism! →
Class War For Idiots / Libertards / July 31, 2012 It’s Hip! It’s Cool! It’s Libertarianism! By Connor Kilpatrick Calling yourself a libertarian today is a lot like wearing a mullet back in the nineteen eighties. It sends a clear signal: business up front, party in the back. You know, those guys who call themselves “socially liberal but fiscally conservative”? Yeah. It’s for them. Today, the...
Aug 1st
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