UK students are going to college to compete for the few good jobs, but only a minority get them, and the rest are stuck with horrible debts.

China's great achievement: it has nearly eliminated urban poverty.

Vast Areas of California Are Sinking as Groundwater Is Pumped in Drought.

People's wells are going dry as corporations' farms pump tremendous amounts of water.

The absurd charges against Chelsea Manning will provide an excuse to keep her in a more strict prison for years.

Chicago Protestors Go on Hunger Strike to Save Their Last Neighborhood School.

The plutocrats consider most Americans disposable, so why bother educating them? Public education, for them, is just a cash cow.