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Scott Walker: Big, Bold, and Wrong
Ruth ConniffAs Governor Scott Walker and the Republican legislature prepare to ram through right-to-work legislation in a special session this week, public and private sector union members and their...
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The War of Organized Capital Against the People
Robert M. La FolletteFrom our December 1920 issue (back when The Progressive was La Follette's Magazine), this piece from our founder, Fighting Bob La Follette, is hauntingly up-to-date in its...
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A Letter To The NY PS 321 Community, From Its Teachers
Alex MesserNew York State Governor Andrew Cuomo recently vowed “to break” the “monopoly” of public education.Teachers throughout New York State are worried that with his new teacher evaluation...
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Walker-as-Reagan More Anti-Union Than Actual Reagan
Jud LounsburyIn Scott Walker's book, he says he hearts Ronald Reagan so much that he convinced his then-fiancée Tonnette, who also happened to be a Democrat at the time, to get married on the Gipper's...
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Right-to-Work Laws Built On Racist Foundations
Roger BybeeScott Walker and his Republican allies are on the verge of ramming through “right-to-work” legislation designed expressly to divide workers, weaken unions, and force down wages.In crafting...
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Right to Work Passes Wisconsin Assembly
Rebecca KembleWisconsin became the twenty-fifth "right-to-work" state this morning after an all-night State Assembly hearing. View Rebecca Kemble's coverage in Storify. Section: NewsTopics:...
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The Extraordinary Cesar Chavez
James L. VizzardEditor's Note: This week in 1968, Cesar Chavez ended a twenty-three-day fast in solidarity with American farm workers, joined by four thousand supporters. Known for his tireless work in...
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How Is "Right to Work" Being Enforced?
Kathy WilkesThe contractor was hopping mad when he called into a radio talk show about Wisconsin’s new “right to work” law. He’d had a long and beneficial partnership with building trades unions and...
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The Growing Progressive Movement to Save Public Education
Ruth ConniffAll over the country, a growing movement of parents, teachers, and students is rising up against over-testing, school closings, and shady schemes that channel public funds into private...
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Chicago Mayoral Race Galvanizing Young Voters
Maya DukmasovaAs the Chicago mayoral race rolls through its last week, young people from Chicago’s South and West side neighborhoods are rallying behind Rahm Emanuel’s challenger Jesus “Chuy”...
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New York BATs Outraged Over Cuomo Education Reforms
Badass Teachers AssociationThe New York Badass Teachers Association is a diverse pro-public education organization of 2820 members, affiliated with the Badass Teachers Association, currently 54,913...
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Walker's One-Dollar Sweater
Jud LounsburyPolitifact recently looked into Scott Walker's claim that he bought a sweater at Kohl's for the unbelievable price of one dollar. Of course, Politifact took their usual literal and myopic...
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Atlanta Trial: The Ultimate in Test-and-Punish
Jan RessegerYesterday, I watched live TV coverage of the final sentencing hearing in the Atlanta test cheating scandal. The Atlanta Journal Constitution describes yesterday’s sentencing of the...
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The Trans Pacific Partnership: A Fast Track to Lost Jobs and Lower Wages
Doug CunninghamThe Obama White House and GOP congressional leaders are teaming up to “fast track” the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress. Obama is partnering with Republicans to pull...
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BustED Pencils: Education Activism's Punk Rockers
Julia BurkeIt was education and punk rock that brought Randy Hurley and Tim Slekar together, as college freshmen with a mutual love for Husker Du and The Sex Pistols. Thirty years later, they’re...
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"One Newark" Exemplifies the Shock Doctrine
Jan RessegerIn her 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein describes the takeover of the New Orleans schools in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina as a grand experiment perpetrated by policy makers on a...
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Oakland Marches for Racial Justice
Arthur Kohl-RiggsOn May Day, Oakland union members and supporters rallied in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and in protest of police killings. Photographer Arthur Kohl-Riggs sent these...
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Charter Scam Week 2015
P.L. ThomasIt’s Charter Scam Week again—time for the annual corporate Charter School Week P.R. campaign. Time to point out how that charter advocacy has revealed itself in the following ways:Charter...
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The TPP: Another Trade Scam
Jim HightowerThis article appears in the current issue of our magazine. Subscribe to read the full issue online. A cabal of global corporations and their friends in the Obama Administration are waging...
View ArticleWatch: Obama Trades Transparency
Mark FioreAfter a little smack-down by the Senate, the Most Transparent Administration Ever is still trying to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Most Transparent Way Possible. If by...
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