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Despite Community Pleas, Three Chicago Schools Slated for Privatization

Kari Lydersen In These Times
Today’s hostile takeover of three of our neighborhood school communities by the mayor’s handpicked Board of Education makes it quite clear that there is a war on older, African-American teachers and administrators, as well as the school communities in which they serve. … CTU president Karen Lewis

The Wisdom of (Little) Crowds

Carl Zimmer National Geographic
Do people (and animals) make better decisions in groups than on their own? How many people (and what conditions) does it take to make an best decision?

Latin America: Then and Now

Portside
The presidents of the Latin American countries of Argentina, Brazil and Chile reflect the deep transformations in the political life of the continent since the days of military dictatorship.