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The school district is trying to claw back gains won by the teachers.

Carlo Levi’s memoir, “Christ Stopped at Eboli,” was a literary sensation in post-Fascist Italy. Three decades later Francesco Rosi's film enshrined the book's neorealist credo--giving voice to the voiceless.

Campus speech; Schooling for sale; Foodies' fate; Trump's camps; Hussle's gift; New holiday; Yearning to breathe free

The abdication of President Bouteflika is a historic victory for the Algerian people — but the struggle for a true democratic transition is far from over.

"The president can't ignore our laws to accomplish his goal of preventing people from seeking asylum here."

Even as local and international relief efforts gear up, there is a need to also focus on broader global implications. The causal connection between climate change and extreme weather events, such as Cyclone Idai, is clear.

“We’re reaching to more people now, particularly women and minorities, with activities in local communities like pre-apprentice programs,"says Paul Roldan, business manager of Building and General Construction Laborers Local 3.

How a troubled army recruit from a privileged background became an angry advocate for veterans health care privatization.

The opportunity for organizers is to parlay the widespread and deeply felt revulsion to Trump as a vile individual into a deeper structural analysis by building on-ramps to a movement to destroy the structures and systems behind him.

The United States is taking illegal and dangerous actions to execute regime change in Venezuela. In January, Juan Guaidó declared himself “interim president,” in a strategy orchestrated by the United States to seize power from President Maduro.