Choosing Democracy

A discussion of major issues facing our democracy with an emphasis on public schooling.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Manager that Created Flint's Water Crisis Is Now Manager of Detroit Schools.

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Flint’s water contamination crisis began in April 2014 after Darnell Earley, an unelected emergency manager appointed by Snyder, switched F...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Detroit Teachers Strike Against Appalling, rat infested, Schools

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President Obama visited Detroit on January 20th, 2016 to tout the city’s resurgent auto industry, which, after the federal government’s ...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Teachers: We Need Chicano History in the California Textbooks - Act Now.

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By Duane Campbell The Mexican American Digital History Project and a broad group of allies have been working for over a year to add ...
Sunday, January 24, 2016

Ruling in Favor of Friedrichs Will Hurt Children and Education

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By Jeff Bryant Earlier this month, news about a US Supreme Court case Friedrichs v California Teachers Association raised concerns for...
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Friedrichs v CTA- an Assault on All Public Sector Unions

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Steven Greenhouse, a former labor and workplace reporter for the New York Times, is a visiting researcher at the Russell Sage Foundation...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr. - Economic Justice for Our Times

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In 1968, a united black community in Memphis stepped forward to support 1,300 municipal sanitation workers as they demanded higher wages...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Friedrichs' Promise to the Far Right

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by Bill Rraden  Last July, 2,000 conservatives and Tea Party activists gathered in Las Vegas for the annual FreedomFest, which featured ...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

Teacher Unions Under Assault

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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that asks whether all workers in public sector unions, be they me...
Saturday, January 09, 2016

Obama Admin. Appalling Home Raids

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antiracismdsa: Obama Admin. Appalling Home Raids : President Obama once said this about his administration’s deportation priorities: “We’ll...

Bernie Sanders and "The Big Short"

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Bernie Sanders and "The Big Short" : Larry Cohen Campaign for America's Future Hollywood sta...
Thursday, January 07, 2016

Governor Proposes More Money for State Schools

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Governor's Budget Proposal Invests Significantly in K-12 Education The budget boosts school spending per student to $10,591 in 2016-1...

Building Myths on the Border

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Building Myths on the Border Republican racist myths, from Pete Wilson to Donald Trump. by Harold Meyerson.
Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Richard Trumka comments on Donald Trump's racist campaign

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Monday, January 04, 2016

Business "Leaders" Fail at Public Education

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Diane Ravitch.  Let’s state a simple fact: there is NO EVIDENCE that Common Core will improve education or test scores. It was launched ...

This is What Oligarchy Looks Like

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, “I like to give on a scale where I can see impact...”  - David Koch Earlier this year, a number of Republicans flew to California to...
Saturday, January 02, 2016

Rein in Wall Street

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Bernie Sanders WALL STREET is still out of control. Seven years ago, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department bailed out the lar...
Friday, January 01, 2016

Millennials Have Gotten Royally Screwed: That’s Why They’re Voting for Bernie Sanders @alternet

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Millennials Have Gotten Royally Screwed: That’s Why They’re Voting for Bernie Sanders @alternet

Power, Privilege, and the Oligarchy in 2016

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Power, Privilege, and the Oligarchy in 2016 : Paul Krugman.  Jan. 1, 2016. Wealth can be bad for your sou...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Washington Post Fires Harold Meyerson

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SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Washington Post Fires Harold Meyerson : Peter Dreier  Fred Hiatt, the  Washington Post's  editorial...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Scientists Are Beginning to Figure Out Why Conservatives Are… Conservative | BillMoyers.com

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Scientists Are Beginning to Figure Out Why Conservatives Are… Conservative | BillMoyers.com
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