espn.go.com Article Reprint ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland Raiders are being sued by current and former cheerleaders claiming wage theft and other unfair employment practices. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court alleges
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The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility
Higher education should be promoted to all students as an opportunity to experience an intellectual awakening, not just increase their earning power By: Andrew Simmons Article Reprint A 12th-grader wrote a college admissions essay about
Read moreRelease Political Prisoner: Robert Seth Hayes
By Crystal M. Hayes Article Reprint My father, Robert Seth Hayes, is one of the longest held political prisoners in the United States. He has been an inmate of the New York State Correctional system
Read moreGA Lawmaker Also Wants To Drug Test Everyone On Food Stamps
By David Bloodsaw Article Reprint Myfoxatlanta.com reports that a Republican Georgia Representative has drafted a bill that will require food stamp recipients to take and pass a drug test. Greg Morris is the House Banks and
Read moreTeachers Get A Major Win In New Orleans
By Charles P. Pierce Article Reprint The Shock Doctrine — as it was applied to the city of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina anyway — has taken a bit of a hit
Read moreFeds Free to ‘Liquidate’ Seized Silk Road Bitcoins Worth $25 Million
By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Article Reprint Federal prosecutors are now free to cash in on the Bitcoin seized from the online drug marketplace Silk Road. United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken signed off on the
Read moreOhio execution: New drug protocol, but 15 minutes to die
By Michael Muskal Article Reprint Convicted murderer and rapist Dennis McGuire took more than 15 minutes to die, appearing to gasp during his execution Thursday by Ohio using a combination of drugs never tried before
Read moreSanitizing Mandela
by Jackie Muhammad Article Reprint As 90 heads of state converged on South Africa to commemorate and memorialize the lifelong accomplishments of former South African President Nelson Mandela, a cadre of liberal and conservative pundits
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