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Sure, but try telling that to a parent who fears that her child's teacher is going to get downsized. Suny Bruun, a mother of two in Winner, S.D., this summer bypassed the PTA and formed an independent parent fundraising group, Keeping Intelligent Determined Students (KIDS). Its goal is not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can a PTA Bake Sale Save a Teacher's Job? | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

Insurers have agreed to discontinue practices like turning down customers in the individual and small-group market who have expensive pre-existing conditions and basing premium rates on health status and gender. But one variable that will persist is age, since older enrollees represent more health risks than younger enrollees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Insurers Are Trying to Get Out of Health Reform | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

The White House strategic approach on energy legislation has also involved significant compromises that Obama has glossed over. Last month, Obama greeted the passage of a House energy bill with great fanfare, calling it a "bold and necessary" step and a "victory of the future over the past." He did...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Legislative Approach: Pragmatism | 7/31/2009 | See Source »

The protests tap into a long Iranian tradition. The seeds of the 1905-11 Constitutional Revolution - which produced Iran's first parliament and constitution - were planted in the Tobacco Protest of the 19th century, when even women in the royal harem stopped smoking their water pipes to protest an exclusive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Protesters: Phase 2 of Their Feisty Campaign | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

Of course, the idea of making any sort of introductory concession seems quite impossible now. In fact, you don't hear Administration officials talking about "comprehensive" negotiations anymore. The focus is almost solely on the nuclear issue. "We face a real-time challenge on nuclear proliferation in Iran," the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Worry So Much About Iran's Nukes | 7/23/2009 | See Source »

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