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Post-Secondary Education: Commodity or Right?
The cost of a college education is on the rise and financially crippling to new graduates in a near-impossible job market. Should education be regarded as a commodity or a human right?
on January 30, 2012 at 19:54 -0600
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Donation for "Mothers in Need" called "Every penny counts"
A good and very intelligent way to donate money for a good purpose.
on December 15, 2011 at 17:45 -0600
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Occupy Portland attempt second encampment downtown as park curfew is enforced
Occupy Wall Street solidarity activists tried to test the mettle of Portland Mayor as they attempted to settle into a new home in defiance of the Mayor’s implementation of city codes against erecting structures in a public park.
on December 3, 2011 at 23:01 -0600
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Protesters Occupying BofA Branch in SF Financial District
Protesters are occupying the Bank of America Branch at 50 California in San Francisco’s Financial District
on November 16, 2011 at 17:03 -0600
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Occupy Northern Tribeca broken up by police (sort of)
Arrests were made.
on November 15, 2011 at 11:37 -0600
from New York City
Hot Location: Portland
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Occupy Portland attempt second encampment downtown as park curfew is enforced
Occupy Wall Street solidarity activists tried to test the mettle of Portland Mayor as they attempted to settle into a new home in defiance of the Mayor’s implementation of city codes against erecting structures in a public park.
on December 3, 2011 at 23:01 -0600
from Portland -
Occupy Portland camps cleared by police; over 50 arrests reported
Eviction deadline comes as Occupy Portland looks for new spaces to inhabit
on November 12, 2011 at 16:38 -0600
from Portland -
Home-grown Columbia Sportswear has the Sweatshop Market all Stitched Up
Locally-owned Columbia Sportswear has made good in the sporting-goods distribution business. Huge profits and a bright future have not trickled down to even their American workers, who labor as if they were sweatshop workers themselves.
on November 11, 2011 at 08:27 -0600
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Community Mural Project Faces Effacement
Community mural to be painted over within two weeks unless city of Portland changes its tune.
on July 18, 2011 at 02:20 -0500
from Portland
Editors' Picks
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Post-Secondary Education: Commodity or Right?
The cost of a college education is on the rise and financially crippling to new graduates in a near-impossible job market. Should education be regarded as a commodity or a human right?
on January 30, 2012 at 19:54 -0600
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Oakland General Strike Mostly Peaceful
The Oakland general strike planned for last Wednesday in response to police force goes as planned. Drock gives you a firsthand account of the event with some background of how it came to be.
on November 6, 2011 at 21:15 -0600
from Oakland -
Attica, Resistance, and All of Us
Today marks forty years since the bloody conclusion of the Attica rebellion–the massacre part.
on September 13, 2011 at 13:58 -0500
from New York -
Community Mural Project Faces Effacement
Community mural to be painted over within two weeks unless city of Portland changes its tune.
on July 18, 2011 at 02:20 -0500
from Portland
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