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Wisconsin report card: 53% of charter schools fell below expectations, 2 got...
Back in February I posted, Gov. Scott Walker's budget: Planned Parenthood closes 4 locations; funds school vouchers, charter schools "leaving public schools on life support." Yes, Scotty not only...
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Guess who makes more income in states with lots of #union members?
From the Department of No Sh** Sherlock: Think Progress: The middle class brings home a substantially larger share of aggregate earnings in states that have high rates of union membership than in...
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VIDEO: "A democracy of rich people"
Damon A. Silvers is the director of policy and special counsel for the AFL-CIO. Here he is on CNBC, and he killed it: Silvers: Right now 55% of Americans fear they're going to be economically insecure...
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Workers push to join unions becomes big headache for MSNBC, liberal hosts
I often hear from indignant or disappointed Twitter followers that the progressive MSNBC political show hosts don't go to bat for this or that cause, and have threatened to boycott the network if...
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Thursday Links
Share/BookmarkPhoto: nola.com Former N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin found guilty in federal corruption trial Storm bears down on US East Coast as havoc persists in South California Man Admits Blaming Black Man...
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Friday Links
Share/Bookmarkimage: mbalifecycle.com 10 Strange and Wonderful Valentine’s Day Traditions from Around The World The Dark Origins of Valentine's Day (NPR) GOP Hypocrites Interfere With Private Business...
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Nikki Haley: My Job Is to Kick Unions out of South Carolina
Share/BookmarkThis is a cross-post thanks to our wonderful friend Anomaly from FreakOutNation - on Twitter as @anomaly100. In the fight to keep unions out of Tennessee, efforts were blocked to unionize...
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Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California
We're all abuzz about what's happening in Ukraine and Darrell Issa's asshatitude, but there's another important story that deserves attention, and it's about our schools. What is taking place in my...
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Vergara v California continues: Public schools vs billionaires
As promised, here is an update on Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California. Please follow the link for the back story. My first Vergara post caused a bit of a stir, but that's a good thing...
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Protections for teachers really do matter: Vergara v California continues
Here is today's installment of Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California, emphasis on teachers v testing. Please go here for the back story and previous posts. My sources have been keeping...
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Vergara v California: Painting teachers unions as the bad guys
Photo Credit: Matt Gibson / Shutterstock.com Here is today's installment of Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California, with an emphasis on teachers unions this time around. Please go here...
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"Teachers' working conditions are children's learning conditions": Vergara v CA
Here is today's installment of Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California, with the emphasis on teachers' working conditions this time around. Please go here for the back story and previous...
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LGBT educators can be fired for being gay: Vergara v CA
Here is today's installment of Public schools vs billionaires: Vergara v California, with the emphasis on LGBT educators and discrimination in the workplace this time around. Please go here for the...
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Billionaires and Supreme Court undermine our "1st Amendment right not to be...
Today Michael Hiltzik gets a twofer at TPC, this time regarding the appalling Supreme Court decision that favors billionaires, the decision that extends the influence of big money on elections......
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Soros is no Koch brother
Those on the right love to compare the Kochtopus to George Soros. Yes, both the Koch brothers (scroll) and George Soros are wealthy individuals who donate to the party and candidates of their choice....
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Decades of research show that teachers are not the problem. #Vergara got it...
I’ve covered the Vergara trial pretty extensively, thanks to and with the help of my contacts who attended. But unfortunately, there's a sad ending: The judge sided with the billionaires over the...
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Chicago Shakman 'Patronage' Decrees Lifted, To the Delight of Mayor Rahm
On the tap-shoe heels of Hot Rod Blagojevich (was that scandale really before we fully knew that we loved Obama?!?) and his incarceration-worthy gubernatorial cabaret, one wouldn't have thought...
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Supremely Wrong
The Supreme Court has now adjourned until the first Monday in October. My only wish is that they all ride off into obscurity. Or at least the five of them who insisted on being on the wrong side of...
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About that Other SCOTUS Ruling on Monday
With so much focus on the horrific Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, we seem to have forgotten about the millions of workers who'll be screwed by the other decision handed down by the Court on...
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Poll-itics: SCOTUS approvals near lowest "in 14-year trend"
SCOTUS, SCOTUS, SCOTUS, what are we going to do with you? Well, here's an idea: Elect Progressive presidents who will replace right wing extremist Supreme Court justices (and other judges) who decide...
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