Houston prepares for Freedom Ride
According to organizer Maria Jimenez, the scene looked like an old-fashioned pep rally for Flag Day in Houston as the Wood Forest High School marching band warmed up the crowd in the huge Electrical Workers Union Local 716 hall, June 14. Two hundred people were kicking off the organizing activities for Houston’s contingent of the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride.
Parents fight Jebs biased test
At least 43,000 third-graders and 12,000 high school seniors failed the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) this past May, triggering an angry protest movement by parents, students, and their supporters demanding that Gov. Jeb Bush suspend the high stakes exam.
