The fantasies driving school reform: A primer for education graduates

This is the text of the commencement speech that Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute , gave this past weekend at the Loyola University Chicago School of Education. The institute is a non-profit organization created in 1986 to broaden the discussion about economic policy to include the interests of low- and middle-income workers. Rothstein is also the author ...

Trial attorney Jamon Hicks grew up in courtrooms

As a child, Jamon Hicks studied lawyers and judges in courtrooms where his mother worked as a clerk. Now an attorney with the Cochran Firm, he is president of the California Assn. of Black Lawyers. The gig: As a kid Jamon Hicks spent many afternoons in courtrooms where his mother was a clerk. He still spends a lot of his time in courtrooms, but now Hicks, 32, is a trial attorney with the Cochran ...

John Edwards trial: What will verdict mean for campaign finance? (+video)

In the end, it seems, the John Edwards trial became only a circus sideshow in America’s convulsive efforts to define the limits of campaign finance. 

GM Bob Myers ready to mold Warriors into winners

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Bob Myers slides into a booth at a swanky restaurant on the second floor of the downtown Oakland Marriott, skims over the menu and smiles about his coming order.

Loyola is sued on claims of negligence

By: J. KARIN CURLEY City/Managing Editor A local woman filed a civil lawsuit last week against Loyola University claiming negligence after she tripped and fell on campus in September of last year. ...