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October 15, 2016

Chicago Teachers Avert a Strike by Forcing the Mayor to Dig Deep

Samantha Winslow Labor Notes

After striking for a day April 1 and coming to the brink of a long strike this fall, Chicago teachers are mulling a tentative agreement that won something unprecedented. They pressured the mayor into pulling money out of Chicago's treasure chest of diverted property taxes, the Tax Increment Finance program.

October 15, 2016

With Islamophobia on Rise, Right-Wing Militias Threaten Communities in Kansas, Georgia

Nika Knight Common Dreams

As white nationalist and Islamophobic rhetoric gains prominence in election, threats of anti-Muslim violence rise sharply.

October 15, 2016

The Arctic Voyage of the Crystal Serenity

J. F. Conway Socialist Project

Celebrating the Beginning of the "End Times"? "Global warming presents a clear and present danger to civilization." -- Lonnie G. Thompson, expert on glacial melt, 2010.

October 15, 2016

Doctors Have Toxic Reaction to Valeant Pricing for a Lead Poisoning Drug

Ed Silverman

“This is a drug that has long been a standard of care, and until recently it was widely accessible at an affordable price,” said Dr. Michael Kosnett, “There’s no justification for the astronomical price increases by Valeant, which limit availability to children with life-threatening lead poisoning.”

October 14, 2016

I am Khanga

Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo ZAM Magazine

On May 8, 2006, the South African Judge Willem van der Merwe ruled that ANC leader Jacob Zuma was not guilty of the rape of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo. Zuma did not deny having sex with her, but claimed since the victim wore a khanga, a wraparound cloth, she had “asked for it.” Here is her poetic response.