The numbers tell the story. The teachers’ retirement fund is short about $9.6 billion. The school system owes more than $6 billion to its bondholders. On Wall Street, Chicago schools have the … Continue reading School of Debt: How to Bankrupt Public Education, Chicago-style

Scientists create artificial skin, made from mouse stem cells, that integrates successfully and even sprouts hairs when transplanted into another mouse. So now it’ll behave, look and function like skin. Wondering how … Continue reading Promising lab-grown skin sprouts hair and grows glands 

It’s no secret that high profile people in Washington make boatloads of cash, but what are the actual totals? The answer is simple. A lot. You are about to realize that your … Continue reading You Won’t Believe Your Politician’s Net Worth

“Bernie Sanders supporters on Twitter have taken over the medium once again, this time to use Hillary Clinton’s own words to protest her policies.” Hillary’s had it. I think she’s unravelling. She … Continue reading Twitter Just Reacted to Hillary Clinton Flipping Out on Climate Activist

In a move that puts California at the forefront of efforts to raise wages for low-income workers across the country, the Legislature approved a sweeping plan Thursday to raise the minimum wage … Continue reading Historic minimum wage measure heads to Gov. Brown 

Sepúlveda says he was offered several political jobs in Spain, which he says he turned down because he was too busy. On the question of whether the U.S. presidential campaign is being … Continue reading How to Hack an Election

Yes, finally someone did the work to tease out one of Donald Trump’s awesome plans for the economy. Beyond that, though:  “Apple. I am Donald. Do what I damn say.” That’s hilarious. … Continue reading Trump’s Plan for American-Made iPhones Would Be Disastrous

  You tell ’em Bernie!! Source: The Decline of the Middle Class – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders Continue reading The Decline of the Middle Class – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

Any teachers out there who can attest to the retention or critical thinking skills these tests yield? We know full well how much money they yield. Human brains aren’t like computers; simply … Continue reading How Asian test-prep companies quickly penetrated the new SAT

Weapons are fine when they’re killing people outside of the media’s lens? Yet shame on the NRA! Source: Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department Continue reading Clinton Foundation Donors Got Weapons Deals From Hillary Clinton’s State Department

Predicted high voter turnout, yet polling stations go from 200 to 60. Party switch ‘glitches’ made. MSM calling the results while people stand in line, leave or get turned away after waiting. … Continue reading Bernie Sanders Inspires Big Protest Against Voter Suppression in Arizona 

Publicly Traded Summer 2013 Preface: For-profit colleges have been cropping up in the news recently. Investigations are being conducted, the 2011 GAO report (United States Government Accountability Office) has been released, and … Continue reading Publicly Traded