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UNFAIR HARVARD When Harvard employees rallied for a $10.25-an-hour minimum wage in early May, backers packed the Yard.
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June 5, 2000 Issue
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Editorial
LA: Call the Feds
When Chief Bernard Parks of the Los Angeles Police Department heard the news in mid-May, he reportedly went into rigid shock.
China and Globalism
The politics of trade will always contrive to decide the most fateful questions in private while leaving public debate to chew over narrow, derivative issues.
Racial Justice 101
In a presidential election year, few issues inspire more citizen anguish and less political substance than public education. This year is no exception.
Column
Disinterestedness Dies
When, in 1980, George Will was discovered to be coaching Ronald Reagan on debating tactics one minute and pronouncing him a "thoroughbred performer" the next, journalists prof...
Feature
Testing, Testing
With education among the electorate's top priorities, the phrase "higher standards" has become ubiquitous in political campaigns across the country.
The School That Wasn’t
Fernando Contreras points to the area behind a green mesh fence where his family home used to be. He is about to be a grandfather for the first time.
Who’s Vouching for Vouchers?
Cammillia Mays is an African-American single parent who, like millions of parents across the country, faced a difficult decision when her daughter turned 4 years old.
Giving Charter Schools a Chance
Ask a supporter of charter schools whether that vogue new concept holds promise for inner-city children.
School Colors
How can we respond most effectively to right-wing assaults on the premises of public education?
Amy Wilkins: The way that you deal with ...
Luis Garden Acosta and Lisa Delpit and Harold Levy and Adam Urbanski and Deborah Wei and Amy Wilkins and Herbert Kohl
Books & the Arts
Sartre’s Roads to Freedom
Asked where he was coming from, my friend's son replied, "From the demo against the death of Sartre." It was April 19, 1980, and the definition fitted perfectly, for Sartre's ...
