Education & Affordable Housing
Abuses Color Cambodia’s Fight for Land
(Julia Wallace; PHNOM PENH,Cambodia; Al Jazeera; Oct. 28, 2012)
Britain Facing New Eastern Europe Immigration Surge
(David Barrett and Colin Freeman; LONDON; The Telegraph; Oct. 28, 2012)
Kochworld
(Melissa del Bosque & Jen Reel; AUSTIN,Texas; Texas Observer; Oct. 28, 2012)
Is America Exceptional?
(Jessica Stites; CHICAGO; In These Times; Oct. 28, 2012)
Reverse Brain Drain: Economic Shifts Lure Migrants Home
(Staff Report; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Oct. 21, 2012)
Multilateralism Is at a Crossroads
(Pascal Lamy; GENEVA; Inter-Press News Service; Oct. 21, 2012)
Creating a Countercyclical Welfare System
(Sasha Abramsky; WASHINGTON DC; The American Prospect; July 27, 2012)
Trans-Pacific Partnership is Free Trade on Steroids
(Lori Wallach; SAN DIEGO; The Nation; July 16, 2012)
FSRN Live from Netroots Nations
(Live Coverage; PROVIDENCE; FSRN; June 8, 2012)
Are JPMorgan’s Losses A Canary in a Coal Mine?
(Simon Johnson; NEW YORK; Alternet; May 16, 2012)
The Cost of the “War on Drugs”
(Kamahl Santamaria; LONDON; Al Jazzera; May 11, 2012)
Cornyn and Friends Take On Modern Family Planning
(Eileen Smith; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; May 4, 2012)
Glenn Greenwald, Cashing in on Torture
(Glenn Greenwald; NEW YORK; Majority Report; April 30, 2012)
The Mortgage Paper Chase
(Nick Swartsell; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; April 21, 2012)
Study: Cost of Going Solar Is Dropping Fast
(Maria Gallucci; BROOKLYN; Inside Climate News; March 16, 2012)
Chicago: Out of Order Comes Chaos
(Joel Handley; CHICAGO; In These Times; March 16, 2012)
Labor Movement Considers Ideology of Independence
(David Moberg; CHICAGO; In These Times; March 13, 2012)
Occupy Education: Teachers, Students Resist School Upheavals
(Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; March 9, 2012)
Moscow Protesters Explain Their Positions
(Christopher True; MOSCOW; Al Jazeera; March 2, 2012)
Syria Hit List Targets Thousands
(Hamed Aleaziz; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; March 2, 2012)
Mexico’s Ambiguous Alliances
(Fred Rosen; NEW YORK; North American Congress on Latin America; Feb. 28, 2012)
New State Bank Bills Address Credit and Housing Crises
(Ellen Brown; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout/Web of Debt; Feb. 28, 2012)
Mexico: Racism Prevalent Among Children, Reveals Pattern
(Staff Report; NEW YORK; Latin America News Dispatch; Feb. 24, 2012)
Turning Children Into Evangelists in Public Schools
(Katherine Stewart; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Feb. 21, 2012)
Managing Dissent in Chicago
(Jeremy Gantz; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 17, 2012)
Egypt’s Feminists Prepare for a Long Battle
(Staff Report; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Feb. 17, 2012)
Missouri Will Balance Budget with Foreclosure Settlement
(Pat Garofalo; WASHINGTON, D.C.; ThinkProgress; Feb. 17, 2012)
Arab Spring: Censorship Changes Colours
(Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau; CAIRO; AllAfrica.com; Feb. 14, 2012)
Inside The 1 Percent’s Texas Enclave
(Josh Harkinson; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Feb. 10, 2012)
Arizona’s “Banned” Mexican American Books
(Roberto Cintli Rodriguez; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Feb. 10, 2012)
Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq
(Rebecca Burns; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 10, 2012)
Voting Rights Battles Revived in States
(Chris Kromm; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Feb. 7, 2012)
Global Business Elite Go Marxist at Davos
(Andy Robinson; NEW YORK; The Nation; Feb. 3, 2012)
Gingrich: Different strokes, Different Folks
(Sam Bollier; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Feb. 3, 2012)
America’s Real Occupiers
(David Sirota; CHICAGO; In These Times; Jan. 20, 2012)
Separate Schools for Roma Gypsies Challenged
(Pavol Stracansky; BRATISLAVA,Slovakia; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 17, 2012)
Israel’s Radical Settlers: A Fifth Column?
(Roxanne Horesh; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 13, 2012)
What to Do About the Nanny?
(Sady Doyle; CHICAGO; In These Times; Jan. 13, 2012)
Hungary Turns Away Democracy
(Robert Marquand; PARIS; Christian Science Monitor; Jan. 10, 2012)
United Nations Readies for Austerity in New Year’s Budget
(Thalif Deen; GENEVA; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 10, 2012)
Ethnic Studies Face Nationwide Threat
(Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Jan. 10, 2012)
New Zealand’s Violent Gangs Try to Clean Up Their Act
(Kathy Marks; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Jan. 6, 2012)
Counter-Insurgency ‘Improves’ Brazil’s Slums
(Chris Arsenault; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 6, 2012)
Ron Paul’s ‘Racist Newsletter’ Timeline
(Mark Trumbull; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Jan. 3, 2012)
Looking to Leave: Young Iraqis Scarred by War
(Gregg Carlstrom; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Jan. 3, 2012)
Somalia: Rebuilding Among the Rubble
(Abdurrahman Warsameh; MOGADISHU; Inter Press News Service; Jan. 3, 2012)
Occupy’s Next Target: The Iowa Caucus
(Gavin Aronsen; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Dec. 30, 2011)
Africa’s Burgeoning Middle Class Brings Hope Continent
(David Smith and Lucy Lamble; LONDON; The Guardian; Dec. 30, 2011)
Chicago: The Poverty of School Reform
(Joel Handley; CHICAGO; In These Times; Dec. 20, 2011)
The Impending Cuts in Housing Aid
(Patrick Markee; NEW YORK; The Nation; Dec. 16, 2011)
Iraq: We Are Happy That US Forces Have Left’
(Dahr Jamail; DOHA; Al Jazeera; Dec. 16, 2011)
In Brazil’s Amazon, Teens Go to ‘Satellite High’
(Andrew Downie; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Dec. 16, 2011)
Upheaval at the New York Public Library
(Scott Sherman; NEW YORK; The Nation; Dec. 9, 2011)
Michigan’s Radical Assault on Public Education
(Andy Kroll; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Dec. 6, 2011)
Can Finance Provide the Crown Jewels of a Durban Climate Accord?
(Tim Ash Vie; DURBAN,South Africa; Inter Press News Service; Dec. 1, 2011)
Taxpayers Get to Pay for Millionaire Kids Charter Schools
(John Hechinger; NEW YORK; Bloomberg News; Dec. 1, 2011)
Chile: Student Protests Spread Throughout Region
(Pamela Sepulveda; SANTIAGO; Inter Press News Service; Nov. 28, 2011)
America’s Affluent and the New Bunker Down
(Sam Pizzigati; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Too Much/Truthout; Nov. 22, 2011)
Britain: School Choice For the ‘Feral Underclass’
(Jane Miller; CHICAGO; In These Times; Nov. 15, 2011)
Occupy Homes Coalition Acts to Halt Foreclosures
(Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Nov. 11, 2011)
Occupy the Hood: Including All of the 99%
(Jesse Strauss; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 8, 2011)
Deporting the Vote
(Theo Anderson; CHICAGO; In These Times; Nov. 8, 2011)
Europe’s Lost Generation
(Robert Marquand; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Nov. 1, 2011)
The Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Laila Ali; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 1, 2011)
Spain: ‘Rich Must Share Cost of Crisis’
(Raquel Martinez; MADRID; Inter Press News Service; Oct. 25, 2011)
France: Youth Gather to Show Their Power
(A.D.McKenzie; PARIS; Inter Press News Service; Oct. 21, 2011)
The New Libya
(Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Oct. 18, 2011)
Jeb Bush’s Cyber Attack on Public Schools
(Stephanie Mencimer; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Oct. 14, 2011)
Zambia Gets First White Vice-President since Independence
(Alexander Mutale; BOSTON; Christian Science Monitor; Oct. 14, 2011)
Youth Occupy in a Culture of Hopelessness
(Jesse Strauss; NEW YORK; Al Jazeera; Oct. 11, 2011)
Rev. Jesse Jackson Honors Civil Rights Stalwarts
(Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Oct. 7, 2011)
Foreclosure Watchdog Doesn’t Bark or Bite
(Paul Kiel; NEW YORK; ProPublica; Oct. 4, 2011)
Activists Take Battle for Syria Online
(Staff Report; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 27, 2011)
Wells Fargo Accused of Forging Loan Documents
(Doug McMurdo; LAS VEGAS; Las Vegas Review Journal; Sept. 27, 2011)
The Indian Elites’ Rude Awakening
(Arnab Neil Sengupta; DOHA,QATAR; Al Jazeera; Sept. 23, 2011)
How Private Companies Profit from Texas Public Schools
(Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Sept. 20, 2011)
Brazil: South-South Cooperation Revs Up
(Thalif Deen; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Sept. 6, 2011)
Africa: Drug Use on the Increase Among Kids
(Nasseem Ackburally; PORT LOUIS,MAURITIUS; Inter Press News Service; Sept. 6, 2011)
Mexico’s Drug War Terrorizes Elementary Schools
(Chris Arsenault and Franc Contreras; ACAPULCO; Al Jazeera; Sept. 2, 2011)
Foreign Students Allege Captive Labor at Hershey Plant
(Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Sept. 2, 2011)
The Democrats’ Rural Rebellions
(John Nichols; NEW YORK; The Nation; Aug. 26, 2011)
Wave of Illegal and Violent Evictions Builds in Haiti
(Bill Quigley; PORT-AU-PRINCE; The Louisiana Justice Institute; Aug. 26, 2011)
Global Land Grab Sparks Fear of Unrest
(Terry J. Allen; CHICAGO; In These Times; Aug. 23, 2011)
Kenya: Storm Rages Over Proposal to Drop Women Seats
(Julius Sigei and Lillian Onyango; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; Aug. 23, 2011)
Interview: Unions as Leaders for Better Schools
(Amy Dean; SACRAMENTO; Truthout; Aug. 19, 2011)
Brazil’s Deforestation Quagmire
(Elizabeth Rust; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; Aug. 16, 2011)
State Budgets: The Next Debtpocalypse
(Siddhartha Mahanta; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Aug. 12, 2011)
Turning Poverty Into an American Crime
(Barbara Ehrenreich; NEW YORK; The Nation; Aug. 12, 2011)
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Aristide Files
(Kim Ives and Ansel Herz; NEW YORK; The Nation; Aug. 9, 2011)
Worker Cooperatives Reduce ‘Hard-Core’ Unemployment
(Marcela Valente; BUENOS AIRES; Inter Press News Service; Aug. 9, 2011)
A 96-Year-Old’s Mortgage Fraud Nightmare
(Nick Baumann
; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Aug. 2, 2011)
Sri Lankan Jails ‘Hell’ for Women
(Ranmali Bandarage; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Aug. 2, 2011)
Revolutionary Law in Chiapas for Women
(Alena Hontarava; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; July 29, 2011)
Wisconsin ID Law Will Suppress Youth, Minority Vote
(Jonah Most; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; July 26, 2011)
Black Chicago Divided
(Salim Muwakkil; CHICAGO; In These Times; July 26, 2011)
Egypt Embraces Oil Monarchs, Dubiously
(Cam McGrath; CAIRO; Inter Press News Service; July 26, 2011)
Brazil to Protect Threatened Amazon Activists
(Tom Phillips; LONDON; The Guardian; July 15, 2011)
Texas: How the Budget Got Cut
(Dave Mann & Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; July 12, 2011)
As Missouri Floods, Anger at Army Corps
(Dave Helling and Scott Canon; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout/McClatchy Newspapers; July 8, 2011)
Millions Meant for the Poor Stolen or Missing
(Ephraim Nsingo; LUSAKA,Zambia; Inter Press News Service; July 8, 2011)
Sudan: Africa Welcomes Its Youngest State
(Staff Report; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; July 5, 2011)
Pakistan One Year After the Floods
(Christian Parenti; NEW YORK; The Nation; July 5, 2011)
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
(Amy Dean; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout; July 1, 2011)
Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclosures
(Paul Kiel; SACRAMENTO,Ca; Truthout/Pro Publica; June 29, 2011)
Human Barricade Stops India’s Steel Project
(Sujoy Dhar; BHUBANESWAR,India; Inter Press News Service; June 27, 2011)
Kenya: Shocking Account of Billions Denied for Education
(Benjamin Muindi and Lucas Barasa; NAIROBI; Allafrica.com; June 24, 2011)
Denying the Future
(Melissa Del Bosque; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; June 24, 2011)
Colombia: Murdered Activist’s Children Go into Exile
(Constanza Vieira; BOGOTA; Inter Press News Service; June 23, 2011)
Texas: Teachers Worry About the Future
(Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; June 13, 2011)
The School Finance Battle: A Step-By-Step Guide
(Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; May 31, 2011)
The Testing Machine
(Barbara Renaud Gonzalez; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; May 23, 2011)
Brazil Tackles Entrenched Inequalities
(Fabiola Ortiz; RIO DE JANEIRO; Al Jazeera/IPS; May 16, 2011)
Broadband and Broadcast Amidst Cuts and Consolidation
(Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; April 26, 2011)
Fixing an Education System Almost Nobody Understands
(Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; April 5, 2011)
The $650 Million Cookie Jar the Lege Can’t Resist
(FORREST WILDER; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; March 15, 2011)
Cambodia’s growing dispossessed
(Jonathan Gorvett; DOHA,Qatar; Aljazeera; March 15, 2011)
Relaxing Education Requirements: Savings at What Cost?
(Abby Rapoport; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; March 10, 2011)
Education Roundup: What’s the Stimulus Doing For Schools?
(Titania Kumeh; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Feb. 17, 2011)
The Foreclosure Crisis and Legal Aid Cuts
(Kat Aaron; SAN FRANCISCO; Mother Jones; Feb. 16, 2011)
Belo Monte and Brazil’s ‘Pandora’
(Kenneth Rapoza; CHICAGO; In These Times; Feb. 16, 2011)
Affordable Housing
(Allison Parrot; HOUSTON; WiN; Feb. 14, 2011)
Recession Takes Toll on Low-Income Renters
(Tony Pugh; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Truthout; Feb. 2, 2011)
Permanent Debt from America’s Student Loan System
(Stephen Lendman; SANTA ROSA,Ca; Dissident Voice; Jan. 7, 2011)
UK: Hike in Tuition Prompts Rush of Applicants
(Jeevan Vasagar; LONDON; The Guardian; Jan. 4, 2011)
Does Texas’ Future Add Up?
(Melissa Del Bosque; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Dec. 22, 2010)
State Attorney Generals Sue Bank of America
(Andy Knoll; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Dec. 20, 2010)
Argentina: Calling Dropouts Back to School
(Marcela Valente; ROME; Inter-Press Agency; Dec. 13, 2010)
The Fact-Checking Explosion
(Cary Spivak; COLLEGE PARK,MD; American Journalism Review; Dec. 7, 2010)
Strategy: Movements React to Midterm Losses
(The Editors; NEW YORK; The Nation; Dec. 3, 2010)
Haiti Vote Chaos Continues
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 30, 2010)
Anger on the Streets of London
(Jaqueline Head; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Nov. 26, 2010)
House Tries To Bailout Foreclosure Fraudsters, Again
(Zach Carter; SANTA ROSA,Ca; Dissident Voice; Nov. 17, 2010)
The 10 Worst States for Retirement
(Richard Barrington; SAN FRANCISCO; AlterNet; Nov. 9, 2010)
The Families’ Advocate
(Laura Burke; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Nov. 9, 2010)
Project Win-Win Gets Dropouts Back in College
(Will Wlizlo; MINNEAPOLIS; Utne; Nov. 2, 2010)
The Cul-de-sac Battleground
(Dave Mann and Forrest Wilder; AUSTIN; Texas Observer; Oct. 26, 2010)
Spending Too Much on Higher Education
(Lauren Kelley; SAN FRANCISCO; AlterNet; Oct. 26, 2010)
Are Our Universities Corporate Sellouts?
(Keith Goetzman; MINNEAPOLIS; Utne; Oct. 20, 2010)
Blame the Teacher Syndrome: A Misguided Education Policy
(Jack Random; SANTA ROSA,Ca; Dissident Voice; Oct. 18, 2010)
An Education in Inequality
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 18, 2010)
An Education in Inequality
(Wire Agencies; DOHA,Qatar; Al Jazeera; Oct. 13, 2010)
A Crack In Wall Street’s Foreclosure Pipeline?
(Andy Kroll; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Sept. 22, 2010)
Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning The Middle Class
(Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman; NEW YORK; Democracy Now!; Sept. 10, 2010)
One Million Homeless School-Aged Kids
(Devona Walker; SAN FRANCISCO; AlterNet; Sept. 8, 2010)
The Sustainable City Project Ruse in Chiapas
(Paola Reyes; NEW YORK; North American Congress on Latin America; Sept. 2, 2010)
Chart of the Day: Housing Prices Since WWII
(Kevin Drum; WASHINGTON, D.C.; Mother Jones; Aug. 24, 2010)
A Deeper Look into Black-White Graduation Gaps
(Michelle Chen; CHICAGO; In These Times; Aug. 20, 2010)
Homeowner’s Rebellion: Could 62 Million Homes Be Foreclosure-Proof?
(Ellen Hodgson Brown; SANTA ROSA,Ca; Dissident Voice; Aug. 20, 2010)
More Misery in Foreclosureland
(Andy Kroll; WASHINGTON, D.C.,US; Mother Jones; Aug. 16, 2010)