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University faculty to chancellor: “We are not your ATM!”

November 18, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

In California State University faculty's first such action since collective bargaining began almost 30 years ago, two of the system's 23 campuses were idled in a one-day strike Nov. 17.

Colombia’s students defend public education, join worldwide movement

November 16, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Colombian students are rejecting a government proposal aimed at privatizing public higher education. Students are demanding an alternative education that's democratic, free, and serves the great majority.

NY families demand millionaire tax extension

November 10, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

Cuomo, who ran on a no-tax pledge, along with the GOP, opposes extension of a tax on millionaires.

Cooper Union students fight to keep school tuition free

November 9, 2011 By Gabe Falsetta

The announcement by Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha that his institution may have to charge tuition has caught student, faculty and alumni off guard -but has solidly united them.

New Honduran political party weighs in against chaos and crime

November 9, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Killings and crime make present day Honduras look like the former U.S. "wild west." Yet the "sheriffs" - read police and armed forces - are in cahoots with the bad guys.