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Read our full statement on President Obama’s actions to reduce gun violence.

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aflcio:
“ Learn more at http://americaworkstogether.us/
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Members and staff of the Cook County College Teachers Union have spoken with more than a thousand members and gathered postcards expressing support for an elected school board to govern Chicago’s public schools and colleges. From top:

Biology chair Adrienne Driver: “Public schools and colleges are democratic institutions, so the members of our school board should be democratically elected.”

Communications faculty member Keith Sprewer: “The whole premise of a community college is that we provide access for those who don’t have it. And the changes here have been chipping away at access.”

Union legislative chair Anthony Johnston: “I’m for an elected school board because I want our communities to have a voice in the city colleges.”

Math instructor Marta Hidegkuti: “Democracy is painful in action, but life is much worse without it.”

College Success faculty member Diego Baez: “We need people making the big decisions to be accountable to the people, not just the mayor.”

A new report provides detailed statistics on what it calls the “staggering gap between the retirement assets of Fortune 500 CEOs and the rest of America.” Perhaps most striking: The company-sponsored retirement assets of just 100 CEOs equals the...

A new report provides detailed statistics on what it calls the “staggering gap between the retirement assets of Fortune 500 CEOs and the rest of America.” Perhaps most striking: The company-sponsored retirement assets of just 100 CEOs equals the entire retirement account savings of 41 percent of American families (or 50 million families). Read more from “A Tale of Two Retirements” from the Institute for Policy Studies and the Center for Effective Government.

Campus Equity Week
The numbers are staggering. Contingent faculty teach most courses by far, but are paid a pittance. Here’s the math: $2,700 per course means if you’re lucky enough to get five courses as an adjunct, two semesters in a row, you’ll...

Campus Equity Week

The numbers are staggering. Contingent faculty teach most courses by far, but are paid a pittance. Here’s the math: $2,700 per course means if you’re lucky enough to get five courses as an adjunct, two semesters in a row, you’ll make $27,000 for the year. Summer typically means you take that dog-walking gig up a notch. Check out the numbers above.

washingtonpost:
“ They made the long, rough journey to cross the U.S. border alone. Here are their faces and voices.
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