The Reds Care and Capitalism Doesn’t
For 8 hours a day for 5 days a week, we as the new workers of the world push ourselves most every day to get people the goods and services they want and need. Ending […]
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Pity the Corporate School Reformers
It’s gotta’ be tough to be a corporate school reformer these days. Betsy DeVos is Education Secretary. Donald Trump is President. Their entire Koch Brothers-funded, ALEC-written agenda is national policy. But their stripes are showing – big time. […]
When Corporations Can Sponsor State Violence, We Lose
I was browsing Twitter the other day, and United Airlines was literally all anyone was talking about for almost two days. This is noteworthy even just because it gave me a short reprieve from having […]
Self-Serving Public Servants – Trump, DeVos and the Rise of the Plutocrats
This election cycle we have witnessed a subtle change to our political landscape – and it’s probably not the one you’re thinking about. It’s not that Republicans have gained control of a large chunk of […]
School Privatization Turns Business Into Predator and Students Into Prey
The mother sea turtle struggles to shore to lay her eggs. A typical clutch includes anywhere from 50–350 eggs, which the mother hides under the sand. Her sole contribution to their future complete, she swims […]
Why Schools Should NOT Be Run Like Businesses
America loves business. We worship the free market. Nothing is more infallible – not reason, not morals, not even God. Money is the true measure of success – the more you have, the better a […]
Congratulations to Our “This Changes Everything” Ticket Giveaway Winners!
Thanks to everyone who put their name in the running to win a pair of tickets to tonight’s special showing of This Changes Everything at the Civic Theatre in Allentown. Congratulations to Claire, Ellyn, and Eric! […]
Wall Street Journal Crash? Site Down
What’s happening over at the Wall Street Journal? Their site is down. H/T to Doug Henwood who tweeted this out moments ago: Holy shit. Capitalism under attack. First the @NYSE. Now this is what you get […]
Property Over People, or, What We Can Learn from Baltimore
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared over at Lehigh Valley Vanguard, a new progressive visual and literary publication based out of Easton, PA. Marlana Eck is the founder and Editor of the Lehigh Valley Vanguard. Be […]
Lettuce Look at Some Prices
I was resting at home when Marshbaum called to ask if I wanted to go with him to look at the lettuce. “The supermarket’s got lettuce for less than two bucks a head,” he said […]