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Military offers cash for lives
Without U.S. military recruiters, there could be no Army. Without an imperialist army, there could be no imperialist war. The…
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Failing by design: the public education crisis
There is a growing crisis in the U.S. public education system. It is marked by failing grades, an increasing turnover…
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The Jena 6 case: Jim Crow still lives in Louisiana
In front of a white judge and an all-white jury in Jena, La., 17-year-old Mychal Bell was convicted of aggravated…
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Government cuts New York after-school programs
More than 200 New York City after-school programs are about to lose government funding. They will be forced to close…
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Anti-Zionist professor denied tenure at DePaul
On June 8, DePaul University professor Norman Finkelstein was denied tenure for criticizing the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestine. The…
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Miami School Board defends ban on Cuba book
The Miami-Dade County School Board petitioned the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold its ban on 49 copies of…
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Rutgers University workers win union recognition
Overall, union membership in New Jersey grew by more than 3,000 in early June. At Rutgers University, around 2,000 workers,…
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Black students face prison in racist Louisiana trial
Last September in Louisiana, a Black student of Jena High School asked the school's principal if he could sit under…
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Virginia Tech killings in perspective
It is at a moment of crisis that the nature of the existing social order is revealed. That which seems…
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Columbia University’s two-tiered punishments
The writiers are three Columbia student anti-Minutemen protesters who have received censures from the university. This article first appeared in…
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