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First Ferguson, then Great Basin. Tensions Mount Between Citizens and Authorities
by Nancy Thorner and Bonnie O'Neil February 16, 2016Under President Obama’s leadership, America has witnessed unusual, rather unexpected, serious clashes between citizens and authority. Tension between Blacks and the police has escalated, creating a racial divide most Americans believed had been healing. It seemed particularly odd that after the country had elected their first Black President, racial tensions would increase rather than decrease.
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Thanks to Teacher’s Union, Chicago Public Schools are a Perpetual-Motion Machine of Mediocrity
by Timothy Benson January 19, 2016The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has voted overwhelmingly to go on strike during the 2016 spring semester, with a walk-out tentatively scheduled for late March. This would be the second teachers strike in the Windy City over the past four years and would serve as a glaring reminder shame has been fully expunged from civil society.