| What's Really Behind Education Policy in Newark? Andrew Elrod, Truthout: New Jersey State Senator Ronald Rice is investigating the forces behind Newark Public School's "One Newark" program - which proposes to turn public school buildings over to charter management, combine several high school campuses and implement an open enrollment program to allow for district-wide "choice." Read the Article Detroit, The Walking Dead and the Tea Party Cathy Herbert, Truthout: The television series The Walking Dead serves as a metaphor for the destruction of the middle class and political/social forces in today's world. Read the Article This Is What Happened When Scholastic Tried To Bring Pro-Coal Propaganda to School Bill Bigelow, Yes! Magazine: "The United States of Energy" was a colorful series of lessons on the advantages of coal, aimed at 4th-graders—and sponsored by Big Coal. Here’s how educators and activists worked together to get it out of classrooms. Read the Article All of the Arguments Against Raising the Minimum Wage Have Fallen Apart Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company: Conservatives should be on the front line of the battle to raise the minimum wage. Work is supposed to make one independent, but with the inflation-adjusted federal minimum down by a third from its peak, low-wage workers depend on billions of dollars in public assistance just to make ends meet. Read the Article The Danger in Giving Payday Lenders a Pass Because "Their Employees Are Nice to Customers" Andrea Luquetta, Truthout: A university professor has suggested that high-cost, predatory consumer loans should be given a "pass" because the employees are "friendly" and because consumer advocates are “out of touch." A consumer advocate explains the danger in this approach. Read the Article In the Midst of an Investigation, Wisconsin GOP Fast-Tracks "Dark Money" Bill Brendan Fischer, PR Watch: A proposed bill that would keep the public in the dark about the sources of money in Wisconsin elections could also make it easier for dark money groups to coordinate with candidates. Read the Article The Surprising Reason Americans Might Be Obese, Anxious and Depressed Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet: Since the hygiene hypothesis surfaced, there is growing evidence of its truth. In fact the theory that certain medical conditions, especially autoimmune ones, may be caused by a changing or declining bacterial environment in the human gut is gaining momentum. Read the Article Genghis Christ, General Boykin, and the Fundamentalist Christian Holy War Mikey Weinstein, AlterNet: Jerry Boykin has a grotesque conception of Jesus Christ. While most Christians practice their faith out of love, peace, and good will towards their fellow humans, Boykin's avatar is a ravenously militant and militaristic one. Read the Article America's "Bloodless" Civil War Herbert J. Gans, Truthout: In the United States, as elsewhere, an ongoing civil war is waged between the government and a set of rebels. The hardest-fighting followers are engaged in an American-style jihad, supported by groups and very rich individuals that - much like warlords in other civil wars - have their own agendas. Read the Article Obama Needs Different Health Sign-Up Message to Youth as March 31 Deadline Approaches Robert Weiner and Emily Kopp, The Palm Beach Post: The Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period will close March 31. The Obama administration hopes to encourage the participation of more "young invincibles," a nickname for the supposedly hardy, under-35 crowd. Read the Article Why Montana's "Citizens United" Loss at the Supreme Court Was Avoidable James Marc Leas, CounterPunch: The humiliating summary reversal suffered by Montana in the US Supreme Court over its restrictions on campaign contributions could have been avoided, according to two attorneys who filed amicus (friend-of-the-court) briefs in the case. Read the Article | 
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