ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – People don’t put much trust in public opinion polls since the debacle of 2016, and admittedly, obtaining reliable data on mass public attitudes these days can be difficult. But the results of social science survey research are still important in a democracy as a snapshot of public attitudes at…
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Republican Congress Moves to Privatize Public Land
By Glynn Wilson – Editor-in-Chief – We hate to say we told you so. But it is what it is. Donald J. Trump has not even been inaugurated president yet and the privatization of public land has already begun. On the very day we published a video trailer talking about the commercialization and privatization of…
‘No Child Left Behind Act’ Bites the Dust: Obama Signs New Education Law Shifting Power to the States
By Glynn Wilson – Finally, the despised and unworkable George W. Bush-Republican Congress “No Child Left Behind Act” is history. President Obama on Thursday signed a new law, which passed the House and Senate with rare bipartisan support, called the “Every Student Succeeds Act,” which gives state governments the power to evaluate schools and determine…