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Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity Caucus

February 26, 2012

NYC UFT officers are members of Unity, not the UFT. Yet Mike Mulgrew, President of the UFT has the authority to bargain for all members, and has at his side Attorneys Carol Gerstl, Adam Ross, Richard Iannuzzi (NYSUT) and NYC NYSUT Chief Claude Hersh. The recently released teacher evaluation data is sending a roar of...

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Denialgate: Free-Market Think Tank Claims Fraud After Climate Memo Leak

February 16, 2012

The Heartland Institute responded on Wednesday to an apparent leak of confidential documents that contained lists of high-profile donors and details of future projects to discredit climate change in public schools, saying in a statement that the documents were "stolen" and that at least one was a "total fake." While...

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CyberBullying: "We know it when we see it" by Scott H. Greenfield

February 16, 2012

In the past few years, reports have attributed at least fourteen teen suicides to cyberbullying. Phoebe Prince of Massachusetts, Jamey Rodemeyer of New York, Megan Meier of Missouri, and Seth Walsh of California are just some of the children who have taken their own lives after being harassed online and off. These t...

Obama Reaffirms Its Support Of Offering Free Birth Control To All Women, No Matter Where They Work

February 10, 2012

President Obama, seeking to dampen a runaway political furor over birth control and religious liberty, unveiled a plan on Friday that is meant to calm the right’s ire about a new administration rule that would require health insurance plans — including those offered by Roman Catholic hospitals, universities and char...

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ALEC Education "Academy" Launches on Island Resort

February 3, 2012

Today, hundreds of state legislators from across the nation will head out to an "island" resort on the coast of Florida to a unique "education academy" sponsored by the [link=http://www.alec.org/]American Legislative Exchange Council[/link] (ALEC). There will be no students or teachers. Instead, legislators, represe...

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Komen Reverses Decision On Funding Planned Parenthood

February 3, 2012

Komen, the nation's leading breast cancer advocacy group, had provided grants to Planned Parenthood for years, including nearly $700,000 in 2011. But in a move critics said was politically motivated, Komen said Tuesday it would no longer provide funding, based on recent internal changes that bar the foundation from ...

Ex-husband of “Mafia Wives” Star Renee Graziano, Hector “Junior” Pagan, Wore a Wire For FBI, Helps Put Anthony Graziano Back in Jail

January 29, 2012

The drama began last week after Junior and his former father-in-law were arrested on Staten Island during filming for season 2 of the VH1 show. But late last week, Renee and the other cast members discovered Junior’s secret after a report in the online mob newsletter ganglandnews.com revealed Junior had been secretl...

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Grief Could Join List of Disorders

January 26, 2012

When does a broken heart become a diagnosis? In a bitter skirmish over the definition of depression, a new report contends that a proposed change to the diagnosis would characterize grieving as a disorder and greatly increase the number of people treated for it.

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New York City Residents: Do Not Vote For Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media, For Mayor

January 17, 2012

NYC mayoral candidate Tom Allon pledged today that when he is elected mayor he will open up the City Hall press corps to include bloggers and citizen journalists to an unprecedented extent. From Betsy Combier: Citizens of New York City do not need a hypocrite in the Mayor's Office, and therefore should not, under an...

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SCOTUS For Law Students: Student Speech and The Internet

January 8, 2012

Few things are more challenging for the Supreme Court than applying old rules to new technology. The question of whether and under what circumstances public schools may punish Internet communications by students outside of school may soon present that challenge to the Justices.

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Did Obscene Executive Pay Spark the Financial Crisis?

December 17, 2011

At the root of the behavior that led to the 2008 market crash that nearly took down the economy, according to experts who spokeDecember 12, 2011 at a conference at the AFL-CIO in Washington, D.C., is the soaring level of executive pay at the nation’s giant corporations—a system of salary, stock options and bonuses t...

Another Scandal For Mayor Mike Bloomberg: Public School Busing In New York City

November 19, 2011

CEC31 pres Sam Pirozzolo: Next year the contract with the companies that deal with Pre-K, K and special education expires. The union has asked the administration to put some assurances on the table that they will work with them to ensure the bus companies maintain the same type of protections for drivers they have a...

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NYC Zuccoti Park is Raided By Riot Police And Emptied Out In The Middle Of The Night, Judge Denies Right To Rebuild

November 15, 2011

Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend is, as we all know, on the Board of Trustees of the now famous Zuccoti Park. Starting at 1:15AM in the morning of November 15, 2011, riot police marched in and threw everyone out of the Park, then threw all belongings into the garbage. More than 200 people were arrested. At approximately...

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NYC Educator: Why the Push for Teacher Evaluation?

November 15, 2011

There is a crisis in this country. A crisis of unprecedented proportions. Apparently, there are billions of dollars being poured into this education thing, and many hedge fund managers are not getting even a fraction of this cash. What to do? Most importantly, we have to get rid of this whole union thing so we can s...

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BREAKING NEWS: Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters Early AM November 15, 2011

November 15, 2011

Hundreds of New York City police officers began clearing Zuccotti Park of the Occupy Wall Street protesters early Tuesday, telling the people there that the nearly two-month-old camp would be “cleared and restored” before the morning and that any demonstrator who did not leave would be arrested.

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Personal Injury Lawyers In Bed With State Attorney Generals, Says The Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute

October 28, 2011

Personal-injury lawyers, collectively, are among the biggest of big businesses, so much so that we at the Manhattan Institute have dubbed them “Trial Lawyers, Inc.” It’s no secret that this group of attorneys is a powerful political force, exerting pressure on legislators and elected judges alike. Few realize, howev...

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Appeal Filed of Decision Overturning Century-Old Law Banning Corporate Contributions To Candidates & Parties

October 26, 2011

The Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 have filed an amici brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in U.S. v Danielczyk, an appeal of a controversial district court decision overturning the century-old federal restriction on corporate contributions to candidates and political parties. ..Campa...

Jakwan Rivers: Local 237 President Greg Floyd Sold Members Out To Mayor Bloomberg To Win A Third Term, Then Retaliated Against Me For My Opposition

October 24, 2011

Jakwan: "It's truly important that we understand the power in unity and the power of knowledge.The current leaders of local 237 has let the members down and it's up to the members to take our union back. We are loosing members thru bogus claims and abuse of authority by management with no opposition by the union lea...

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The Empire Center for New York State Policy Considers Decision of Appellate Court To Restrict Public Access To Public Pension Information

October 19, 2011

The Empire Center for New York State Policy says it will ask the state’s highest court to review an appellate decision that would, for the first time in New York’s history, restrict public access to the identities of public pension recipients.

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Police Must Release Records of City Residents With Gun Permits and

October 12, 2011

Justice Jane Solomon ordered the City of New York Police Department to release the requested records with deleted names and addresses of retired cops, and said the department could partly redact building numbers in the hate-crimes records. But the court stopped short of sanctioning the NYPD for a "pattern and pract...

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Obama's Jobs Bill "Repeals" 11th Amendment

October 10, 2011

Section 376 of the bill would require any state receiving “Federal financial assistance for any program or activity” to waive their rights as guaranteed under the 11th Amendment to the Constitution. This condition would apply even if states do not take any funding from the jobs bill. If a state takes federal money f...

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New York State Court of Appeals Denies Appeal in Rojas v Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

October 9, 2011

Plaintiff-appellant Sandra Rojas (“Rojas”) appeals from a judgment entered October 6, 2010, granting summary judgment in favor of defendants-appellees the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester (“the Diocese”), the Pastoral Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, and Pastor Peter Enyan–Boadu (“Enyan–Boadu” o...

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The Obama Administration's Secret Legal Memo That Led To The Killing Of An American Citizen

October 8, 2011

The Obama administration’s secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it would be lawful only if it were not feasible to take him alive, according to people who have read the document. The memo, written last y...

NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Testifies At Ex-Aide John Haggerty's Trial Monday October 3, 2011

October 3, 2011

Defense lawyers are hoping New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's famous self-confidence will be his downfall when he testifies on Monday against the political consultant accused of stealing more than $1 million from him, legal and political experts say. John Haggerty is charged with promising to provide a high-priced ...

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The Passing of A Hummingbird

September 27, 2011

The E-Accountability Foundation mourns the death of Wangari Muta Maathai, whose activism to save the environment and empower people in Kenya inspired the world.

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New York State Opens CitizenConnects, An Electronic Town Hall

September 27, 2011

CitizenConnects, an online town hall has been launched to encourage New Yorkers to participate in state government and share their ideas to help shape New York’s future. From Betsy Combier: If you believe this ad, I have a bridge to sell you.

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Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members' Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity Caucus

Denialgate: Free-Market Think Tank Claims Fraud After Climate Memo Leak

CyberBullying: "We know it when we see it" by Scott H. Greenfield

Obama Reaffirms Its Support Of Offering Free Birth Control To All Women, No Matter Where They Work

ALEC Education "Academy" Launches on Island Resort

Komen Reverses Decision On Funding Planned Parenthood

Ex-husband of “Mafia Wives” Star Renee Graziano, Hector “Junior” Pagan, Wore a Wire For FBI, Helps Put Anthony Graziano Back in Jail

Grief Could Join List of Disorders

New York City Residents: Do Not Vote For Tom Allon, CEO of Manhattan Media, For Mayor

SCOTUS For Law Students: Student Speech and The Internet

Did Obscene Executive Pay Spark the Financial Crisis?

Another Scandal For Mayor Mike Bloomberg: Public School Busing In New York City

NYC Zuccoti Park is Raided By Riot Police And Emptied Out In The Middle Of The Night, Judge Denies Right To Rebuild

NYC Educator: Why the Push for Teacher Evaluation?

BREAKING NEWS: Police Clear Zuccotti Park of Protesters Early AM November 15, 2011

Personal Injury Lawyers In Bed With State Attorney Generals, Says The Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute

Appeal Filed of Decision Overturning Century-Old Law Banning Corporate Contributions To Candidates & Parties

Jakwan Rivers: Local 237 President Greg Floyd Sold Members Out To Mayor Bloomberg To Win A Third Term, Then Retaliated Against Me For My Opposition

The Empire Center for New York State Policy Considers Decision of Appellate Court To Restrict Public Access To Public Pension Information

Police Must Release Records of City Residents With Gun Permits and

Obama's Jobs Bill "Repeals" 11th Amendment

New York State Court of Appeals Denies Appeal in Rojas v Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

The Obama Administration's Secret Legal Memo That Led To The Killing Of An American Citizen

NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg Testifies At Ex-Aide John Haggerty's Trial Monday October 3, 2011

The Passing of A Hummingbird

New York State Opens CitizenConnects, An Electronic Town Hall

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