Report exposes inconvenient truth on charter schools
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics study compared 4th grade math and reading tests in charter and public schools. Public school students scored significantly higher in both math and reading than their charter school counterparts.
Black caucus urges big vote to advance equality
WASHINGTON — Charging that “inequities” have widened for Black people in recent decades, the 44-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) promised a determined campaign to get out the vote Nov. 7 to break the right-wing grip on Congress and turn the nation in a new direction.
$30,000 jump-starts PWW fund drive
NEW YORK — This year’s People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Fund Drive kicked off with a bang, with PWW writers engaging in fundraising events, local fundraising committees formed, and tens of thousands of dollars turned in for the drive, which runs from Labor Day through December.
Spike Lees When the Levees Broke
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most poignant interviews in Spike Lee’s Hurricane Katrina documentary “When the Levees Broke” is given by a man who lost his mother in the aftermath of the storm, the filmmaker said.
Quinceaera accents humanity in L.A. barrio
In a scene halfway into “Quinceañera,” a film directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, Carlos (Jesse Garcia), an 18-or-so-year-old Mexican American troubled youth, dope smoker and car washer, is kicked out of his parents’ house in Los Angeles. He takes sanctuary at his tio’s (uncle’s) home.
New York band plays freedom songs
NEW YORK — It’s not too often that a band like Seanchai and the Unity Squad comes along. The group combines a diverse mix of punk, rock, reggae, hip-hop and Irish influences with overtly political, in-your-face lyrics on topics ranging from the fight for freedom from British colonialism in Ireland to the commercialization of hip-hop.
A reality-based strategy for immigrant rights
The immigrant rights movement is stronger than ever. But there is still a strong chance that an anti-immigrant bill, perhaps the “compromise” touted by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), could be rammed through in September. To fight this, we need unity, and a hard-headed, reality-based strategy.
Workers Correspondence
Texas trucker looks at terrorist scare Virginia delegate reports from AFL-CIO convention Minnesota labor has its eyes squarely on the elections
THIS WEEK IN LABOR
San Francisco, Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strikes Right to strike for Northwest workers? Dallas transit workers drive home their point Concrete solidarity wins in Seattle
WORLD NOTES
South Korea: Autoworkers win gains Canada: Opposition to troops in Afghanistan mounts Haiti: Some political prisoners released, others languish India: Coca-Cola provokes protests Guatemala: Women at risk
