Students
Interview with Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo: They’ll see that it’s worthwhile
November 2, 2011She's president of the Chilean Students' Federation, and a picture of Karl Marx hangs in her office. Camila Vallejo, 23 years old, has been instrumental in propelling Chile's student movement, mobilized now for almost six months.
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Students: Obama loan relief plan good first step, more needed
October 27, 2011Student activists say the president's executive order on the issue is not nearly enough to tackle the larger student debt crisis.
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Police evict Occupy Oakland
October 25, 2011In a massive pre-dawn raid Oct. 25, Oakland and other area police evicted hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters from their two-week-old encampment in front of City Hall and a smaller camp in a nearby park.
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Teachers cautious on education law rewrite
October 25, 2011The nation's two teachers unions are taking a cautious, wait-and-see attitude towards a draft rewrite of the nation's basic federal education law.
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Occupy Detroit: End foreclosures now!
October 25, 2011Detroiter's get it. They know banks received a $700 billion, taxpayer supported bailout but defiantly continue to force people out of their homes.
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