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  1. The Great American Rip-off: The High Cost of Low Taxes
    10 Oct 2013 … Everyone loves low taxes, but we pay a ton out-of-pocket for things people in other rich countries take for granted. Continue reading
  2. Poor People Aren’t Involved in Politics. Can Activists Change That? A coal miner takes a break after his shift at a small mine outside the city of Welch in rural West Virginia on May 19, 2017. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2017 … It’s rarely clear what exactly Donald Trump means when he makes promises. So when he promised that the “forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” perhaps it was wrong to assume that he meant struggling Continue reading
  3. Heather Cox Richardson: A Big Win for Savannah Guthrie
    10 Oct 2020 … Trump’s willingness to grab free airtime tonight reflects his campaign’s financial straits. Continue reading
  4. These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing — and Sparked a Nationwide Movement Kris McBride, Garfield's academic dean and testing coordinator, at left, and Jesse Hagopian, Garfield history teacher and a leader of the school's historic test boycott. (Photo by Betty Udesen.)
    3 Mar 2014 … Parents, students, and teachers all over the country have joined the revolt to liberate our kids from a test-obsessed education system. Continue reading
  5. Book Excerpt: Understanding the New Jim Crow
    12 Dec 2013 … Michelle Alexander explains how she came to understand that the racial caste system in America has not ended, it's just been redesigned. Continue reading
  6. Is Gentrification Inevitable?
    12 Dec 2014 … A discussion with activists, a professor and a local resident on the effect of gentrification and what could be done to protect vulnerable communities. Continue reading
  7. Under the Radar
    3 Mar 2021 … Recent reports on student loans, redistricting, minimum wage and housing justice. Continue reading
  8. Philly’s New Land Bank: Will it Give Blighted Communities a Boost? Philadelphia mural. (Photo: Shrub 75/flickr)
    12 Dec 2013 … The city is home to more than 40,000 vacant properties. Now neighborhoods are hoping a new public entity can help them bounce back from the post-industrial blues. Continue reading
  9. Eyes on the Street
    1 Jan 2013 … Notebooks could be filled contrasting Chicago’s approach to governing with New York’s. The discrepancies in public safety should be looked at within the context of other government goods and services, like public housing. (The Big Apple remains functional and operational Continue reading
  10. All About Eva Eva Moskowitz of Success Academy Charter Schools at a Harlem location in June. (Photo by Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images)
    11 Nov 2017 … What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education? Continue reading