NY Times Lets a Charter School Propagandist Distort the Facts on Its Op-Ed Page
Quelle surprise! Card carrying neoliberal David Leonhardt of the New York Times twists facts to try to make a case for charter schools.
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Organizing Against the Gig Economy: Lessons from Latin America?
New strategies of organization and workers’ control in Latin America suggest ways to combat the insecurity of the gig economy.
Read more...The Fall of the Latin American Left, Part III: Argentina and the Right Winning Elections
How the Kirchner program in Argentina ran into the buzz saw of currency markets.
Read more...They Go Together: Freedom, Prosperity, and Big Government
Conventional wisdom about big government being a negative “freedom” isn’t borne out data.
Read more...Casting Away Despair
Some advice for activists on how to stay motivated in the face of despair.
Read more...America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
Like developing countries, America is becoming more stratified, with the economic and physical distance between rich and poor widening.
Read more...13 Questions That Expose Charter School Falsehoods
The sales pitch made by charter school boosters does not hold up to scrutiny.
Read more...California and Trump’s Feds Headed to Major Clash on Immigration
Who has the advantage in the Trump versus California immigration cage match?
Read more...John Michael Greer, James Howard Kunstler, Chris Martenson, Frank Morris, and Dmitry Orlov Discuss Trump, the Inequality Taboo and Other Hot Topics
A lively panel with provocative and colorful views.
Read more...The Conversation About Basic Income is a Mess. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
Certain interest groups are advocating a basic income for very different reasons, and that in turn lead to different policy proposals.
Read more...The War on Poverty, Then and Now
President Johnson’s War on Poverty reduced on poverty rates, but progress stalled over 40 years ago. But things would be even worse otherwise.
Read more...Kansas’ Idea to Keep Businesses (and Small Towns) Alive When Owners Retire
Kansas devises a clever idea to help local communities. Will it go national?
Read more...How Do We Reclaim Control Of Our Lives When the Economy Looms So Grim?
Lean Logic, community, and a post-growth world.
Read more...The American Opioid Epidemic
More discussion of the possible causes and implications of the opioid epidemic.
Read more...Bill Black: Kansas Legislature Slips Koch Noose, Authorizes Medicaid Expansion
The Kansas legislature bucks long-standing Republican orthodoxy and votes for Medicaid expansion. A harbinger or a one-off?
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