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Accountability is important. But tests that tie school funding to student performance only make things worse.

Protests have brought rail travel in Canada to a standstill and introduced the fight against Coastal GasLink to the broader public.

The presidential candidate is a mirror image of Trump.

Reader Comments: 2020 - Nevada, Medicare 4 All, Campaign to Stop Bernie, Culinary Workers, Pittsburgh AFL-CIO; Economy a Bust; NYC School Segregation, Corporate Schooling; Black History; Civil War, Reconstruction; Labor Notes; lots of announcements;

German Parties Realign * Solidarity Protests Against the Far Right * Reports from South Africa, Mexico, Canada

Corruption on top, rebellion on the bottom, and Bernie on the ballot

The star in the constellation of Orion has been visibly dimming since late 2019, and now stands at just 36% of its normal brightness. Astronomers are talking about the chance of the star becoming a supernova.

Takes the reader from the 1969 murders of Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and Panther Mark Clark—and the historic, thirteen-years of litigation that followed—through the dogged pursuit of commander Jon Burge, leader of CPD torture squad.

Elected 150 years ago, Hiram Revels was the first.

Since 2007, the government had held off on releasing an official estimate of expectant and new mothers who died from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. It waited for the data to get better. But the new, long-anticipated number falls short.