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Developmentally Inappropriate: How Common Core Jeopardizes the Foundation of Learning and May Harm Some Children (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Jonathan Pelto, who served five terms in the Connecticut House of Representatives, called Wendy Lecker “one of the most powerful and important voices on behalf of public education and against the corporate education reform industry’s unending assault … Continue reading
John Oliver Slams America’s “Disgraceful” Maternity Leave Policy on Mother’s Day (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Last night, John Oliver did a killer segment on the lack of paid family leave after the birth of a child in the United States. We hear a lot of politicians spouting off about family values these … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Humor, Hypocrisy, Politics, Short Video, United States
Tagged John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Motherhood, Paid Family Leave, Paid Maternity Leave
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Picture of the Day for May 8, 2015: On the Subject of Rush Limbaugh
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Kentucky Sheriff’s Deputy Brings Gun to Church Wedding and Accidentally Shoots His Mother
By Elaine Magliaro Detective Cory Golightly, a sheriff’s deputy from western Kentucky, has been placed on paid administrative leave after accidentally shooting his mother with a personal weapon during a wedding ceremony at the Bardwell Baptist Church in Carlisle County. … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Short Video, United States
Tagged Cory Golightly, Guns in Church, Kentucky
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John Oliver on the Negative Effects of Too Much Standardized Testing on Our Children and Our Public Schools (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro School reformers have claimed for years that our public schools and our public school teachers are failing our children. In Washington, policies put in place to help reform our schools have brought us the disastrous No Child … Continue reading
Posted in Dept. of Education, Education, Government, Humor, Short Video, United States
Tagged Educational Publishers, High-Stakes Testing, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, No Child Left Behind, Pearson, Public Education, Public Schools, Race to the Top, School Reform, School Reformers, Standardized Tests
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Picture of the Day for May 2, 2015 and The Blondes of Fox News with a Special Focus on Megyn Kelly and Freddie Gray (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro While we’re on the subject of pretty blondes employed by Faux News, yesterday Megan Kelly interviewed an unidentified police officer who gave her “the dirt” on Freddie Gray: Megan Kelly lets anonymous cop call Freddie Gray a snitch … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Criminal Law, Equal Rights, Jurisprudence, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, Media, Murder, Police, Propaganda, Short Video, United States
Tagged Baltimore Police, Fox News, Freddie Gray, Megyn Kelly
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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show and Larry Wilmore of The Nightly Show Weigh in on the News Media and the Situation in Baltimore
Posted by Elaine Magliaro The Daily Show – Baltimore on Fire The Nightly Show – What a Riot – Questionable Coverage from CNN and Fox News
Posted in Humor, Law Enforcement, Media, Police, Racism, Short Video, Society, Television, United States
Tagged Jon Stewart, Larry Wilmore, News Media, The Daily Show, The Nightly Show
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“INCIDENT”: A Poem by Countee Cullen for the Last Day of National Poetry Month (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro The Poetry Foundation has said that poet Countee Cullen (1903-1946) “was perhaps the most representative voice of the Harlem Renaissance.” INCIDENT By Countee Cullen Once riding in old Baltimore, Heart-filled, head-filled with glee, I saw a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Literature, Poetry, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Countee Cullen, National Poetry Month
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Man-made Earthquakes and “Three-Eyed Billy Embraces the Apocalypse” (Mark Fiore Video)
By Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore said that the new frontier in scientific denial is “earthquake denial.” He noted that the burning of fossil fuels has helped to change the atmosphere—and now processes being used to extract oil and gas from … Continue reading
Posted in Big Oil, Economics, Energy Policy, Geology, Science, Short Video, United States
Tagged Air Pollution, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Hydraulic Fracturing, Man-made Earthquakes, Mark Fiore, Oklahoma, Political Cartoon, Pollution, United States Geologial Service, USGS, Wastewater Injection
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