SIDING WITH THE CHARTER SCHOOL SUGAR DADDIES. This is Bruce Dixon’s description of President Obama’s educational policy. The No Child Left Behind program of school privatization and operation on a corporate accountability measures based on standardized tests results has continued with a vengeance with the Race to the Top policy of the current administration. [...]
New York could soon join a growing number of states and municipalities that have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, part of a sweeping trend of more lax public policies and public opinion towards pot. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week endorsed legislation aimed at removing criminal penalties for individuals caught with [...]
“COCAINE, DEATH SQUADS AND THE WAR ON TERROR: U.S. IMPERIALISM AND THE CLASS STRUGGLE IN COLOMBIA.” (Counterpunch) Daniel Kovalik reviews a recent book of this title that makes the case that the “war on drugs” in Colombia is not as advertised to the public an attempt to eradicate the cocaine trade of the country but [...]
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