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 …
On Earth Day, Green Party Urges Cuomo to Shut Down Nukes, Ban Hydrofracking
NY Should Invest in a Green New Deal to Provide Jobs and a Carbon Free Economy State Party co-chair Peter LaVenia & Issues Chair Mark Dunlea appeared on Capital Saturday, April 22, on YNN discussing Earth Day, hydrofraking, nuke plants and altern…
Flunking Teachers Gives the Ruling Class a Pass
By Bill Boyarsky, from Truthdig With all the evil people in the world, why are public schoolteachers being villainized? And how did they attract such powerful enemies? Some of the country’s best-known mainstream powers are blaming the teachers for the troubles of the public school system. Bill Gates is a leader in this, as is President [...]
German Greens hail state victory in vote overshadowed by Fukushima
• ‘Historic’ first ever victory in regional Landtag vote • Chancellor suffers after U-turn on nuclear power Helen Pidd in Berlin guardian.co.uk, Sunday 27 March 2011 20.11 BST Article history Winfried Kretschmann is likely to become the Green party’s first regional ‘minister president’ after the Baden-Württemberg state elections. Photograph: Uli Deck/AFP/Getty Images The Green party [...]
Green Party leaders call for a moratorium on nuclear plants
Greens also called for a close monitoring by US agencies of radiation levels throughout the Pacific and along the west coast, with accurate information published about any radioactivity discovered in these areas, especially in farm produce and other fo…
Fukushima Radioactive Release Should Serve as Warning Greens Urge Obama to Withdraw Loan Guarantees for Nukes
“We are horrified, but not at all surprised by this latest nuclear accident,” said Denice Traina, a health-care worker residing in Augusta Georgia and former co-chair of the Georgia Green Party. “Fukushima has now joined Chernobyl and Three Mile Islan…
Green Party Decries Crime Wave at State Capitol
The Green Party of New York said today that state Democratic and Republican Parties have become an organized crime family at the State Capitol. “Rather than starting the legislation session with the pledge of allegiance, state legislators and the…
