“Sustainable development” is a claim to virtue. The word “development” used in this sense is a lie. The word “develop” means “to grow,” “to progress,”…
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How’s that recovery going for you? That’s what I thought. Here’s the latest data point from the ongoing oligarch crime spreeshamelessly marketed to the masses as an “economic…
Every college semester, I filled out my financial aid application, hoping I would receive more grants than loans. Either way, my fate was sealed: I…
In August 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) loudly publicized the prediction of one of its most famous disease modelers, Martin…
The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power, buttressed by the utopian ideology of neoliberalismand global capitalism, is unraveling. Most, including many of those at…
A January 2015 report from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health reveals that forty four percent of children (those under 18) are living in…
School may be out for summer, but I guarantee you there’s one thing teachers are already worried about as they plan for the coming school…
Today Show: Update to California School Vaccine Law Guest Speaker: Shelley Tzorfas - Specialized Tutoring/ Learning Assessments http://www.betterschoolresults.com/ Shelley Tzorfas has been working with children, teens, and young…
The American worker is overworked, underpaid, and suffering from severe burnout. This sentiment isn’t populist rhetoric, there are numbers to back it up. A new studyfrom…
You wouldn’t think that free-trade deals could lead to a diabetes and obesity epidemic, but they have. Today, many countries in the global south are…
A new study from the University of Iowa reinforces the connection between good nutrition and good grades, finding that free school breakfasts help students from…
The yawning racial wealth gap in the United States is no accident, but rather, driven by unjust public policy decisions—from the re-segregation of education to…