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Response to Tom Hayden’s “Participatory Democracy,” with Hayden’s reply, and to Linda Darling-Hammond’s “Redlining Our Schools.” Plus a couple historical corrections.

Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the Long Telegram.

The forces fighting against Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union agenda are halting the Tea Party’s momentum. Will President Obama stand with them?

Vouching for vouchers; Elizabeth Warren for president; three kinds of Republican idiots; Borgesian grammar

Aggressively pushing voucher programs, ALEC is calling on states to “transform the system, don't tweak it" in a large-scale assault on public education.

As thirty-six states contemplate privatization measures, public schools are on the defensive.

The former senator talks about money and politics, connecting with voters in the age of mass media and his future in public life.

The celebrated film tells a familiar story about unions and schools—but misses what's new.

No one should mistake GOP protest for an indication that Obama's commitment to $50 billion in infrastructure spending is sufficient to tackle unemployment. It's a start, but it's not enough.