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The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Jeopardizing the Future of America (San Francisco: City Lights, 2015). _____ That the United States has long had a less complete system...

The Hyde Park Community Kenwood Conference (HPKCC) held a candidate forum for the upcoming 4th Ward special election on Feb. 28. The forum was held Saturday, Feb. 4, at Kenwood High School, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave. All five candidates; Ebony Lucas, Marcellus...

From "Go Public" Ever since the emergence of talking pictures, schools have been a major subject of both Hollywood movies and documentary films. One consistent theme of Hollywood portrayals of schools – from Blackboard Jungle (1955), Up the...

A new documentary is a welcome antidote to the bleak and misleading message of "Waiting for Superman" and "Won't Back Down." Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. In the battle over public education, the corporate foundations and...

Sixtysix years after independence, India continues to be a country with widespread poverty and backwardness and finds a place only at the bottom of the development index in the international league of nations. The euphoria generated at the time of independence...