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What’s at Stake in the West Virginia Teacher Strike
The Public Good
This is about the teachers, yes, and about organized labor—but also about the larger and more generous view of the public good that these incessant tax-cutters want us to have.
Michael Tomasky
Special Correspondent
Published
Mar. 6 2018
5:44AM EST
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