Students
The student leader who put Chile’s government against the ropes
August 23, 2011Camila Vallejo Dowling, 23, a geography student at the University of Chile and president of the Student Federation of the same university (FECH), has become the most popular and inspiring leader of the current and massive...
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Chocolate shakeup: Student guest workers walk out at Hershey’s plant
August 19, 2011Students say the strike will continue until Hershey's ends the exploitation of student guest workers and gives living wage local jobs to Pennsylvania's workers.
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Rally tells Sen. Feinstein: Fight for Social Security
August 19, 2011They came from all over northern California - by bus, by train, by carpool - to deliver a powerful message to Senator Dianne Feinstein: Stand up and be a champion for Social Security!
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Cheating, testing, and what’s wrong with schools
August 2, 2011Since the start of No Child Left Behind the perceived solution to our education situation has been clear: competition.
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Illinois governor signs state DREAM Act into law
August 1, 2011In a packed auditorium at the Benito Juarez high school, hundreds of elected officials, students, community leaders and immigrant rights supporters watched as Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Illinois DREAM Act into law.
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