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Teachers march against “teach to the test”
June 10, 2013Thousands of New York unionized teachers and their supporters descended on the state capital in Albany on June 8.
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May jobless rate at 7.6 percent
June 10, 2013But the alleged business job creation rate is not enough to make a positive dent in the number of jobless, which was 11.8 million in May.
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Fast food strikers teach some important lessons
June 6, 2013In New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit and other major cities - most recently, Seattle - workers have demanded "$15 and a union."
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Letter from the heartland: Getting rid of blue votes
June 6, 2013his week we got news that the way we vote here in rural Tennessee has been changed dramatically.
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Dark day for journalism: Sun Times “deletes” photo department
June 6, 2013Twenty-eight photojournalists were out the door in a blink; it was as if they pushed a button and deleted a whole culture.
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