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U. Chicago Grad Students to Vote on Unionizing

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 15, 2017 1 Comment

"We believe that we are workers, and we want the right to bargain collectively."...

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Judge: Costco Must Pay Tiffany & Co $19.4 Million Over Fake Rings

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 15, 2017 5 Comments

Did people actually believe Costco sold Tiffany rings?!...

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Profs Advised to Treat Classroom Microaggressions Like Assaults

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 15, 2017 2 Comments

"removes the burden from the victim and begins to create safe space"...

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Anti-Trump Twitter Users Demand Twitter Suspend Trump’s Personal Account

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 15, 2017 4 Comments

. . . for violating Twitter TOS by threatening violence against North Korea...

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Scripps College Student Says She Was Bullied for Being Photographed With Mike Pence

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 15, 2017 4 Comments

"I began receiving vicious comments and private messages"...

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London’s Big Ben Will Go Silent Until 2021

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 14, 2017 2 Comments

BONG! BONG! BONG!...

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Prager U: How Iraq Was Won and Lost

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 14, 2017 0 Comments

What if people have the war in Iraq backwards?...

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HuffPo Article Defends Actions of Student Protesters at Evergreen State

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2017 1 Comment

"conservative and far-right forces have intensified their targeting of higher education"...

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Campus Carry Now in Effect at Texas Community Colleges

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2017 0 Comments

"lets anyone with a gun license over 21 carry a handgun"...

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Washington State Prof Says Colin Kaepernick Just Holding America Accountable

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2017 5 Comments

‘historical failure to honor Black life’...

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World’s Oldest Man, An Israeli Holocaust Survivor, Dies At 113

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 13, 2017 2 Comments

. . . only one month shy of his 114th birthday...

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FBI’s Ten Most Wanted: MS-13 Gang Member Captured

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 13, 2017 4 Comments

"Gomez was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on April 12, 2017"...

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One Year Master’s in Data Journalism At Columbia Costs $150K

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 13, 2017 1 Comment

Wait, what?...

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Former Berkeley Chancellor Gets Massive Golden Parachute After Failed Tenure

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 13, 2017 3 Comments

"set to make nearly $434,000 next year"...

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NY’s New School: Small Classroom Chairs Are a Microaggression

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 13, 2017 5 Comments

“Seats in the classroom / auditorium / office are too small for many people.”...

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Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz to be Harvard Fellow This Fall

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 12, 2017 1 Comment

"to discuss how developing information technology will impact privacy"...

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Report: Judge Won’t Let Andrea Tantaros Conceal Her Feminism Book Was Ghostwritten By Man

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 12, 2017 7 Comments

Former Fox News Host worried making public this knowledge would "ruin her career"...

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Evergreen State Seeks Someone to Retool “Marketing and Branding” Efforts

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 12, 2017 6 Comments

"employment start date of “ASAP”...

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