Choosing Democracy

Ravitch answers Gates By Valerie Strauss In a paean to Bill Gates,  Newsweek's  Jonathan Alter  calls  Diane Ravitch the Microsoft fou...

The Budget Deficit and the Debt What You Need to Know   The deficit is the gap between what the government spends and the revenues it colle...

What Tom Friedman got wrong [in the NY Times] about schools and why it matters By Valerie Strauss November 29, 2010   The great New York T...

Good points on what is wrong with NCLB, Race to the Top, and the Obama-Duncan agenda in education. Susan Ohanian's session was great....

The U.S.   economic crisis was severe in part because of the    growth of finance capital as the   dominant actor   in our economy .   Fi...

              Tea Party activists are seeking to qualify an Anti Immigrant initiative in California. The purpose of the effort is to gene...

Published on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 by Firedoglake.com Corporations Show Largest Profits in History Amidst Jobs Crisis by David Dayen ...

by Michael Hirsch They said charters would offer needed competition to community schools, but they didn’t say the competition would be ab...

The Republicans in the House voted again to block unemployment benefits for those out of work. Note: Half of the House members are millio...

What is next? Richard Flacks. Are you as tired as I am with never-ending critiques of Barack Obama coming from the left as well as the r...

We are writing to urge you to stand firm against those who would put politics ahead of their country. For the fiscal health of our nation a...

A dangerous approach to deficit reduction Last week, the co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and the P...

Obama Without Tears William Greider | November 10, 2010 Given the election results, the question Barack Obama has to decide for himself is w...

Hey!  In addition to  calling Congress on the National Call-In Action Day  there's another way to raise your voice on Tuesday, November...

Very well informed analysis of the failure of school “reform” in New York City under Joel Klein.   Listen here. http://www.leftbusiness...

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William Greider | November 4, 2010 The Nation.  The world economy is on the brink again, facing a crisis of epic dimensions for reasons larg...

Washington, D.C .- Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released the following statement on the ...

The state  has a budget crisis again this year- the third year in a row.  As a result, the schools will again have a budget crisis. Calif...

Legislative Analyst’s Office;  Budget Projections $25 Billion Budget Problem Needs to Be Addressed in Coming Months Our forecast of Califor...