Choosing Democracy

The nature of America's troubles is easy to state. We're in the aftermath of a severe financial crisis, which has led to mass jo...

Initiative campaign for majority rule The  California Majority Rule campaign is presently circulating petitions to place an initiative on t...

January 27, 2010 By Mark Feeney and Bryan Marquard Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/howard_zinn_his.h...

The California Teachers Association has joined the call for a March  4 Day of Action... From: “David A. Sanchez” < CTAPresidentDavi...

From Secretary O'Connell's State of the Schools address on Tues. Now, I have just talked about things we have done and are doing. ...

Peter Schrag   reports that some major foundations are reducing their investment in education in California. http://www.californiaprogres...

At 2:29 p.m. on Jan. 12, Juan Macias, 19, a sophomore at San Francisco State University, sat in a cafe near the engineering firm wher...

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Here are a quick few conclusions I draw from this spectacle: -- We knew all along that the Democratic victories in 2006 and 2008 owed in gr...

Teachers' Letters to Obama The Sleeping Giant Stirs By Anthony Cody In November, I accidentally launched a groundswell. I  posted an o...

The Governor’s School Budget: The Race To Mediocrity Peter Schrag. excerpts. Those expectations represent far and away the biggest chunk o...

Dear Friends, As you all know, Haiti's capital city of Port au Prince has been devastated by a catastrophic earthquake. Children...

Educators respond to Governor and Launch “Fight for California’s Future” Created  01/14/2010 - 1:00am By Marty Hittelman California Federa...

A larger explanation, I am afraid, is the grip Wall Street has over the American political process. The Street is where the money is and mon...

Posted this review is in part a response to the responses below by Miriam Pawel about her book. After attending her presentation and listeni...

Miriam Pawel, who can be described as a critic of the United Farm Workers union and the legacy of Cesar Chavez is speaking at   least tw...

Race to the Top There was a well-written piece by Laurel Rosenhall of the Sacramento Bee of Jan.11, on the role of the CTA and Ed Voice in ...

Trumka    Presents    VISION FOR LABOR'S FUTURE Newly elected AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka discussed the state of the economy...

The Other Plot to Wreck America By  FRANK RICH Published: January 9, 2010 THERE may not be a person in America without a strong opin...

The current  economic crisis has forced the cutting of higher education, of k-12 education, and of social welfare systems. What caused this...