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Trans Mountain Pipeline

samedi 14 avril 2018 à 02:00

Unkinder-Morgan has stopped work on the Trans Mountain Pipeline, but threatens to start again if governments agree to satisfy its conditions.

Segregated schools in DC

samedi 14 avril 2018 à 02:00

Schools in Washington, DC, are racially segregated in practice, and the ones whose students are black are falling apart from lack of funds.

Deportation raid

samedi 14 avril 2018 à 02:00

Deportation thugs raided a factory and arrested all the workers. Only later did it ask who they were, whether they were US citizens, etc.

Hitting students

samedi 14 avril 2018 à 02:00

19 US states permit schools to hit students as punishment. The rest permit physical "restraining" of children, which often causes psychological or physical injury.

When I was a child, the act of trying to "restrain" me always backfired since it was an unforgivable, horrible affront that made me continue to rage for as long as the affront continued.

I wonder if the profusion of teachers without training in better ways to handle children that are upset has something to do with spending cuts for education in the US. These cuts have occurred since the 1980s for the sake of cutting taxes for the rich.

Urgent: Sinclair-Tribune merger

samedi 14 avril 2018 à 02:00

US citizens: phone the FCC to object to the Sinclair-Tribune merger.