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Monday, 19 June 2017 - 11:41pm
Juan Cole
A man driving a white van swerved just after midnight early Monday morning into a crowd of Muslims coming out of Finsbury Park Mosque in North London, severely injuring British Musiims. The Muslim Council of Britain called it a “violent manifestation of Islamophbia.” The organization asked for more security for British mosques.
As of this writing, one man was dead and 10 others wounded.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 11:18pm
Jake Johnson, staff writer
In what is being characterized as an act sure to further escalate already alarming tensions between the United States, Syria, and Russia, an American fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane over Raqqa on Sunday, prompting Moscow to cut off its deconfliction channel with the U.S.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 11:07pm
Common Dreams staff
As of mid-Monday morning, U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to respond, via his prolific Twitter account or by any other means, since a man slammed his car into a crowd of Muslim worshipers just after midnight.
Trump hasn't *yet* commented on London attack. Follows a pattern of early silence on violence v muslims.
-Quebec
-Portland— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) June 19, 2017
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 10:09pm
Norman Solomon
It’s routine for right-wing outlets like Fox to smear progressive activists under the guise of “news” coverage. But why the New York Times? And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders?
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 9:01am
LEO data shows that, when adjusted for inflation, graduates' pay packets are being significantly squeezed. Jonathan Boys has broken down the data.
The post LEO shows how graduate pay has been squeezed appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 9:01am
Have you wondered what the Teaching Excellence Framework is but been too afraid to ask? Have no fear, Wonkhe's Ant Bagshaw has provided a comprehensive guide to this complicated and high profile exercise.
The post A beginner’s guide to the Teaching Excellence Framework appeared first on Wonkhe.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 6:08am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Prime Minister Antonio Costa called it "the biggest tragedy of human life that we have known in years."
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 4:42am
Steven Singer
Let’s get one thing straight: there are plenty of things wrong with America’s school system. But they almost all stem from one major error.
We don’t guarantee every child an excellent education.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 4:31am
Frank Clemente
At a recent press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Marta Conner told reporters, “My daughter Caroline is alive because of Medicaid.” Caroline suffers from Rett Syndrome, a rare, debilitating neurodevelopmental disease that prevents her from using her hands, talking, and walking.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 3:58am
Sue Branford, Mauricio Torres
The Amazon is the sort of wild place where you often go looking for one thing, but find another. So it was when Mongabay travelled in May on a mission to observe illegal logging operations within federal conservation units beside the BR-163, the Amazon highway linking the city of Santarém on the Amazon River with Cuiabá, the capital of Mato Grosso state.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 3:48am
Sue Sturgis
Before leaving town for the July 4 recess, the GOP-controlled U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as "Obamacare" — and this week Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky put the proposal on the fast track.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 3:36am
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Final straw, they say, was president's pushing of healthcare legislation that would deal devastating blow to Medicaid, and thus the HIV community
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 1:35am
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 12:53am
Diane Ravitch
Indiana has been taken over by the forces of corporate school reform, under a succession of Republican governors devoted to school choice: Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence, now Eric Holcomb. The public schools got a brief respite when educator Glenda Ritz was elected State Commissioner in 2012, but Pence spent four years attacking her Office and taking away its powers. Indiana has the gamut of privatization reforms: charter schools, vouchers, cybercharters.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 12:45am
David Korten
Four days after President Trump announced the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the Global Footprint Network (GFN) reported that Earth Overshoot Day 2017 will fall on August 2. Most Americans likely have no idea what that means.
Monday, 19 June 2017 - 12:22am
Andy Spears
A group of Tennessee dads gathered inside a dimly-lit parking garage on a rainy Nashville day to send a message to their senators, Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander. Their message was simple: this Father’s Day, they want their senators to protect Medicaid.
The assembled dads each had letters about the importance of Medicaid for their own children.
One of the dads, John Shouse, had this to say: