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Philly students, teachers assail top-down school “reform”

February 28, 2011 By Ben Sears

A spirited rally by 500 parents, students, teachers and others Feb. 25 protested decisions the district is imposing in the name of "school reform."

Kentucky unions rally at the Capitol

February 28, 2011 By Erich Fryer

For an hour and a half Saturday February 26, a multi-generational, multi-racial crowd of over 200 stood in the cold outside the Kentucky capitol building singing songs, chanting, and listening to speeches.

Dallas demonstrates for Wisconsin

February 28, 2011

Speakers urged the crowd to do everything possible to overcome the crisis in Wisconsin and at home.

Nationwide actions urge full funding for Head Start

February 28, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Among $61 billion in draconian cuts in the federal spending bill the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed last week is $1.1 billion in funding for Head Start, a cut of 22 percent.

Cheesehead solidarity: 3,000 jam Wash. state capital

February 28, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

Roaring solidarity with Wisconsin workers, many in the crowd wore Green Bay Packer "cheesehead" foam hats, symbolizing how the "Cheddar Revolution" has spread nationwide from America's Dairyland.