The Bertelsmann foundation reorganizes German schools according to market criteria. Bertelsmann keeps a tight rein on public libraries, schools and universities with performance standards, rankings, evaluations and other control instruments.

Oakland's Poor, Are Being Displaced By Hope VI Program!

This "Indypendent" (Issue 2, Fall 2006) focuses on the prison system and the experience of prisoners and their families in Baltimore and Maryland. Where you can pick up a copy? How you can distribute a bundle?

News Junkie Scott's Blog (10/26/06)

We need 5000 folks to SURROUND the White House. Think about it, 100 from every state. Now thats representation. Can you be there? As Cindy Sheehan said...be a part of history. Don't forget to vote absentee before you come

This is the reality you are facing, and denial will not help you this time.

So, those who supported blindly blaming the Taliban along with
bin Laden for 9/11 while closing outstanding public inquiries
are demon liars, who in materially supporting hostilities
against the United States by refusing through censorship to
Publicly support the arrest of those responsible for killing
innocent Americans - became willingly, bonafide cahooting
terrorists, true bad guy "enemy combatants".

Today voters need to beware when going to the polls to vote because much is at stake. Voters need to study the propositions and read their Official Voter Information Guide; and for those who will not, they need to vote no to spending their hard earn dollars and the future savings of our children. Voters should not be persuaded by expensive TV commercials because those commercials are more expensive than what we can realize.

This year represents the 50th anniversary of the publication of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," a seminal and still-challenging poem. A celebration reading of "Howl" along with readings from other Beat writers will be held in Baltimore on Friday night, Oct. 27, at the Load of Fun Gallery.