by Education Radio
Founded in 1990 by Wendy Kopp, Teach For America has become the personnel agency for corporate school reform. School districts fire experienced, often black teachers to hire underpaid TFA recruits with 5 weeks training to do brief "missionary work" stints in public schools before moving on. Turning teaching into Wal-Mart style temp work is what TFA is all about.
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Joan Gibbs, long time civil rights attorney and activist, is remembered for her deep commitment to her community and for social justice. The impact of her loss is incalculable.
A federal judicial panel has approved new electoral districts in Michigan while struggles continue in other states.
The recent drone strike on World Central Kitchen workers exposed that organization's collusion with the Israeli and U.S. governments.
The United States uses its power within the United Nations and the concept of human rights to cover its plans for regime change.
The deaths of the six Latino immigrant workers in the Baltimore bridge collapse encapsulates the injustice inherent in the U.S. capitalist system.
