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Murphy’s Dissent
By Theodore Hamm
Frank Murphy’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s 1944 Korematsu case seems mighty timely today.
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“Education for Sale”
By Liza Featherstone
Republicans in the New York State Senate have included, in their proposed version of the budget, a provision allowing for-profit companies to establish charter schools. Most likely, this effort at wholesale privatization will fail, but it shows that the for-profit forces are gearing up for a renewed assault on our fragile public system.
They Don’t Bake ’em Like They Used To
In the Archives with Sean Cooper from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 18 April 1845
Creating a Groundswell in Brooklyn
By Eleanor J. BaderAt the time of his arrest in January 2011, James was a 15-year-old high school sophomore. The charge? Possession of marijuana.
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