“Now is the time for our demands to be heard”: Chicago teachers strike for...
"We don’t want to be out of our schools tomorrow but sometimes you have to take a hard step in order to get what’s right.”
Why food prices are rising even more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuvKoe9Ilvo
Monopolies are slowly killing rural America — and driving up the price you pay for food.
Former NY Assembly Speaker’s corruption conviction overturned
Will Sheldon Silver be re-tried?
Pink Ribbons and Corporate PR Won’t Cure Breast Cancer
These women want solutions for breast cancer, not pinkwashed corporate sales events.
An economic no-brainer: Empower women, empower economies
As the first woman to lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and a leader in advocating for increased investment and action toward...
Still in the Bush Embrace
What really stands in the way of closing Guantánamo?
Scott Walker set to sign Koch anti-regulations bill in Wisconsin
“The so-called REINS Act will undoubtedly move Wisconsin towards a rule-making process that will become marred by industry lobbyists with political agendas."
1 in 3 of world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than education
"Education systems desperately need more and better funding across low- and lower-middle-income countries."
Recent exposure to glyphosate-contaminated foods reported in 80% of Americans
As the volume of glyphosate applied to crops has increased 100-fold since its introduction to the market in 1974, Americans’ exposure to the chemical has broadened.
Canada will welcome refugees the U.S. is turning away
“The Prime Minister is looking forward to discussing the successes of Canada’s immigration and refugee policy with the President when they next speak.”