Undernews: March 28, 2013

Indiana court okays school vouchers

Major earthquake blamed on fracking

Hillary Clinton and Walmart

More than half of nation's rivers and streams are polluted

Harvard prof: Iraq & Afghan wars costing between $4-6 trillion

The news before it happens

Code enforcers take on wilderness camp

Massive loss of British butterflies

One of every six American children has a parent that is either unemployed or underemployed, according to a new study from First Focus and the Urban Institute. Overall, 6.2 million children live in homes where at least one parent is unemployed; the total rises to 12.1 million when underemployment is included too.

Quotes

In America you can say anything you want -- as long as it doesn't have any effect -- Paul Goodman

Pocket paradigm

The more we step into a paradigm of urban ecology, the more we find ourselves drifting closer to other things -- our work, our food, our environment, and our neighbors. Our sense of order no longer relies -- in the tradition of American city planners from L'Enfant to Robert Moses -- upon outward symmetry, illusions of order, and grandeur. Rather it seeks inner integration and grace. Our concept of the city steps away from the cold rigidity of the blueprint and comes closer to the joyful exuberance of a Richard Scarry drawing. We stop worrying about the sleek exterior of the car and concern ourselves with the less aesthetic but more essential engine. - Sam Smith

Gallery

Camping outside the Supreme Court

Where the action is

Protest: Out of a possible 810 students, the administration of Seattle's Garfield High School was able to test only 118

Some problems with Common Core

Protesters promise mass arrests if Obama goes along with pipeline

Green Party to hold its annual meeting in Iowa

High school students beginning to rebel

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