Kids from rich and poor districts compete against each other in a high-stakes game designed to reinforce a rigid class system. The plot to Suzanne Collins’ smash hit The Hunger Games, or Governor Andrew Cuomo’s new scheme for $200 million …
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Growing Movement For And Against Charter Schools
By Tom Siracuse: More than 1.6 million students attend 5,000 charters in the U.S.. Only 10 states have no charters. Los Angeles and Detroit have around 70,000 students each in charters and Washington D.C.’s charters account for 58% of its public …
View Post andrew cuomo, charter schools, Movement, Washington, washington d cOpen Letter to Gov. Cuomo from Howie Hawkins, 2010 Green Party candidate for Governor of NY
[GPNY Co-chairs Howie Hawkins and Peter LaVenia on WAMC, the NPR affiliate in the Capital Region. ] An Open Letter to Andrew Cuomo December 30, 2010 Dear Governor Cuomo, Congratulations on your election. During our recent Gubernatorial contest, we emph…
View Post andrew cuomo, health, howie hawkins, NY, party candidateMetroland Newspaper Endorses Howie Hawkins for Governor
Metroland: Howie Hawkins for New York State Governor Carl Paladino represents what is perhaps most loathsome in politics these days—a rich, Albany insider trying to capitalize on fear, racism and bigotry to gain control of the government that already…
View Post andrew cuomo, governor carl, howie hawkins, New York, new york state governorHowie Hawkins Stands with Working New Yorkers
Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate for Governor, stands with working New Yorkers and opposes Cuomo’s anti-labor attacks. From: The NY Times: Cuomo Vows Offensive Against Labor Unions Andrew M. Cuomo will mount a presidential-style permanent pol…
View Post andrew cuomo, governor, ny times, Offensive, TimesCuomo the Second Tea Party Candidate
Billy Wharton, Bronx County Independent Examiner, October 19th, 2010 Last night Andrew Cuomo confirmed every fear that progressive and independent voters have about his run for governor. Most thought it a silly joke when, in mid-September, the Democrat Party candidate claimed that he, and not the Republican Carl Paladino, was the real Tea Party candidate. [...]
View Post andrew cuomo, Carl Paladino, Charles Barron, green, howie hawkinsHawkins, Fighting to be Heard (Metroland Feature)
If a Third-Party Candidate Says Something in the Forest . . . From Metroland “Social and environmental issues have all but vanished from the public dialogue, while the two major contenders promise corporate tax breaks and banter about each other�…
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