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Why Teachers Unions Matter

Shamus Cooke — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:59 +0000

Shamus Cooke: The anti-teacher hysteria looks diverse on the surface, but underneath, this public controversy seeks to dislodge teachers unions: the right-wing trashes teachers’ unions outright,...

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On Guantánamo, Symbolism Trumps Substance

Ivan Eland — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:58 +0000

Ivan Eland: Although closing Guantánamo would be important symbolically, the law-free sanctuary that the Bush administration had achieved there has already been eroded by the Supreme Court’s demand...

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Why Republicans Should Regret Scott Brown’s “Massachusetts Miracle”

Randy Shaw — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:54 +0000

Randy Shaw: Prior to Brown’s win, national Democrats were adrift, the base was deeply demoralized, and a path to finally passing health care reform was unclear. But Brown’s win changed this,...

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What’s Up with Rahm?

Carl Bloice — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:17 +0000

Carl Bloice: For anti-war activists in the Democratic Party, Emanuel is probably best known for his role after 2004 as chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. In primary races...

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Education, Texas Style

Ron Wolff — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:53 +0000

Ron Wolff: Oh, by the way, country and western music will be studied as a cultural movement. High school freshmen will probably be assigned the task of writing lyrics to twangy melodies -- when...

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Rahmifications of Obama’s Presidency

Joseph Palermo — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:42 +0000

Joseph Palermo: Peter Baker's profile of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel in the New York Times Magazine raises some interesting questions about President Barack Obama's top aide. For Emanuel,...

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Haitian Women: Rea Dol vs. the Republic of NGOs

Georgianne Nienaber — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:42 +0000

Georgianne Nienaber: Needs are many. Temporary classrooms are a must, but tents are impossible to come by here. The current school will never be used, but the field is secured at 83 Delmas Road. She...

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UC Swindle: California’s Apartheid Schoolhouse

Sikivu Hutchinson — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:34 +0000

Sikivu Hutchinson: It’s simply not acceptable to blame the university’s egregious disregard for the needs of students of color on the bigoted acts of ignorant white or “minority” students. UCSD’s...

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Creating Community in LA: A Safety Net for Singers

Michael Sigman — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:54 +0000

Michael Sigman: Community can be created in many ways -- geographically, electronically, or around a shared interest or cause. The community of singers which has formed around SOS and its sister...

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Costs of War to Climb as Congress Votes to Continue Military Occupation

Tracy Emblem — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:39 +0000

Tracy Emblem: There has been no real plan explained to the American public for an exit strategy in Afghanistan as mounting injuries and deaths occur and we continue to put our loved ones in harm’s...

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Israel and Palestine: The Folly of Strength and the Folly of Weakness

John Peeler — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:33 +0000

John Peeler: Vice President Biden’s visit to Israel didn’t go so well. When the Interior Ministry announced plans for a major expansion of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem just as Biden was...

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New Immigrant Rights Campaign to Mount Largest March of Obama Era

Randy Shaw — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:17 +0000

Randy Shaw: Organized by the Center for Community Change (CCC), the March 21 event will be the largest protest march since President Barack Obama took office. It will include activist groups from...

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Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq

Tom Hayden — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:49 +0000

Tom Hayden: Rep. Dennis Kucinich will step into the crosswinds this week and force the House of Representatives to wake up, pay attention, and vote up or down on the Afghanistan war.

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Haiti’s Fayette Villagers Forgotten at Epicenter

Georgianne Nienaber — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:32 +0000

Georgianne Nienaber: While Leogane is completely overrun with NGOs, Fayette gets visits from the occasional scientist, and the only camera lens focused on the village is aboard NASA's EO-1 satellite....

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Political Underpinnings of Film Noir

Randy Shaw — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:27 +0000

Randy Shaw: Since film noir was rediscovered in the 1960’s, there have been many books analyzing the genre. One could understandably ask what Dennis Broe’s new work, Film Noir, American Workers, and...

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Lone Star State History Books and Bumper Sticker “History”

Berry Craig — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:26 +0000

Berry Craig: Just in time for next year’s sesquicentennial observance of the start of the Civil War, the Texas Board of Education apparently wants new Lone Star State history books that favorably...

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Haiti Watch: There Are No Loaves and Fishes in This Purgatory

Georgianne Nienaber — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:00:24 +0000

Georgianne Nienaber: soft rain has just begun to fall, but it is a terrible event here in Petionville, Haiti. There are 5,000 people with no shelter, food, or sanitation on Highway 1, about an hour...

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How to Get Your Own News

Sharon Kyle — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:50:01 +0000

Sharon Kyle: In a book entitled, Just How Stupid Are We?, author Rick Shenkman asks, "Are America's voters prepared to shoulder the responsibility of running the most powerful nation on earth? Do a...

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LA Progressive Articles: March 7 to 14, 2010

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:55 +0000

Articles from Dick Price, Bob Letcher, Tim Gatto, Ed Rampell, Anthony Asadullah Samad, Paul Loeb, Tom Hall, Tim Wise, Michelle Alexander, David A. Love, Wendy Block, Rev. Irene Monroe, Andrea Nill,...

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More than Merely Counting Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Robert Letcher — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:00:58 +0000

Bob Letcher: If we agree simply to total up CO2 emissions, China ends up being the world’s biggest emitter. But, if we agree to account for China’s much larger population, by ranking per capita...

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