William Ayers hasn’t given up railing against authority figures in the four decades following his time with the Weather Underground.
Read the articleInner city teachers have long talked of getting “combat pay” for teaching in troubled schools but now they are taking the military analogy to a whole new level.
Read the articleA Chicago public school district will not be building a “gay” high school in their area next year.
Read the articleIf medical schools matched up with the practice of medicine in the way in which journalistic training preps reporters for careers in journalism, patients would be dropping like flies.
Read the articleWith two of every three young voters under 30 years old voting for Barack Obama, a great deal has been made of the 2008 youth vote in recent weeks.
Read the articleModerating, PBS’ Kim Lawton asked for clarity on the role faith and religion had played in the quest for the White House, what impact it had on voters and what the results may mean for the future of the role of faith in American politics.
Read the articleJust three days after the election, a Brookings Institution leader issued a memo to President-elect Barack Obama asking him to restore the Fairness Doctrine.
Read the articleIn January 2009, Barack Obama will become the 44th President of the United States. Soon he will begin implementing his policies of change, like capping carbon emissions.
Read the articlePresident-elect Obama’s message of change captured the American people but what will change first?
Read the articleThe youth vote finally turned out in significant numbers in the last presidential election but the manner in which these idealistic students are spreading their political capital, egged on by organizers—national and community—may not be the best way to “leave the planet a better place than they found it.”
Read the articleThe University of Southern California’s men’s swimming team almost became the latest victim of Title IX enforcement.
Read the articleWith the 2008 Presidential Election drawing near to a close, political think tanks are proposing new election laws to deter election fraud and to prepare the state and federal governments in guiding an election during a time of catastrophe.
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