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  Chicago Teachers' Strike: Was It Parents vs the Union?
  Topic by Marta Segal Block

  After seven days, Chicago Public School students went back to school on September 19 and parents throughout the city heaved a sigh of relief. Yet despite the city's attempts to portray the strike as selfish on the part of teachers, a significant number of Chicago parents had supported the...

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  Freedom of Expression and New York's "Quiet Zone" Law
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  A quiet zone normally refers to a railroad crossing where trains are prohibited from sounding their horns in order to decrease the noise level for nearby residents. However, in New York City the term "quiet zone" has been given new meaning. The New York City Parks Department recently...

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  Birth Control and Insurance
  Topic by Enelda Butler

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently announced that it will require all insurance companies to fully cover birth control expenses, eliminating copays and deductibles. This regulation, which goes into effect August 2012, also includes Plan B, or the "morning-after" pill....

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  Ai Weiwei, China and Human Rights
  Topic by Nidhi Singh

  After three months in prison for refusing to pay his taxes, Ai Weiwei was released on bail, cautious of his next steps. Ai Weiwei, a world renown artist from China, is most famous for connecting his artwork to activist movements against the Chinese government. Weiwei's arrest is assumed to be...