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This Week in People’s History, Jun 11–17, 2025

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Monument to a striking miner who was murdered by company guards A Martyred Miner’s Sacrifice (1925), An Empty Threat (1775), ‘The Part Which Black Folk Played’ (1935), Danger! Curriculum Deviation! (1965), A Very, Very Unpopular Treaty (1960), How to Shrink an Economy (1930)

Vote No on Charter Schools

Jonathan Kozol The Boston Globe
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Mayor Martin Walsh of Boston have correctly noted that charter schools are draining off enormous sums of money from already-underfunded public schools. But an even greater loss may be the draining-off of parents who no longer have a stake in advocating for the schools from which they’ve chosen to depart. Who will stand up for the children at the schools they've left behind?
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