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massconflict: A peaceful rally over the presumed massacre of 43 missing students ended with violence and destruction in Mexico City, with protesters calling for the president to stand down.Thousands marched along Mexico City’s main boulevard, chanting for Enrique Pena Nieto to resign and waving blackened flags of the country in anger over the case of…
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ourrisd: Yesterday afternoon as students returned to classes after the Thanksgiving break, up the hill at Brown they were sidestepping their peers’ lifeless bodies strewn across the main green. The living corpses remained silent but held signs with the names of African Americans killed by excessive police force. The dramatic demonstration was part of a student-run…
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nprplays: Earlier this year, radicalbytes (aka Jonathan McIntosh, Feminist Frequency producer) wrote a piece for Polygon about some of the invisible benefits males enjoy while gaming — especially online. I interviewed McIntosh back then about the piece for NPR’s All Tech Considered blog. He said then that this is an issue everyone in the gaming…
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How a Wealthy California Town Makes Sure No Poor Kids Attend Its ‘Public’ School
How a Wealthy California Town Makes Sure No Poor Kids Attend Its ‘Public’ School Orinda’s schools are among the best in California – public schools that glean extra revenues from a local parcel tax (that required a two-thirds vote to pass) and parental contributions to the Educational Foundation of Orinda which “suggests” donations of $600…