At Super Bowl XLVIII you had the military, the NFL and of course the smooth taste of Budweiser, all in one Fox camera shot of corporate Americana.
Read more from Dave Zirin: The Super Bowl’s Military Fables | The Nation.
Lies
The Charter Scam in Chicago
Kevin Moore and Rachel Cohen hack through the lies being used to promote charter schools in Chicago.
One of the biggest misconceptions about charters is that the funds to run them come from private sources. While charters do receive donations and some private grants, 75 percent of their total funding comes from public resources.
Another lie that charter school opponents are unmasking is the claim that charters perform better than neighborhood schools. In reality, according to researchers on the forum panel, 80 percent of charter students showed no improvement or a worse performance in reading, compared to students in traditional public schools. For math, the figure was 63 percent.
Read More: Unmasking the Chicago charter scam | SocialistWorker.org.