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class war Why charter schools are the flashpoint for the LA teachers' strike Cory Doctorow

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canada Greyhound abandons 400 remote communities in Canada Seamus Bellamy

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#metoo Someone pulled their dick out: Louis C.K. and the #MeToo movement Maureen Herman

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