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Recent Conversations on Common Core State Standards
Prison Gerrymandering: Incarceration Weakens Vulnerable Voting Communities
One person equals one vote: seems simple enough. Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out for many Americans [...]
The ‘Solutions’ to the Orlando Shooting that will Only Make Things Worse
As with many tragedies, a host of politicians are now trying to exploit the mass murder [...]
A New Urban Educational Agenda to Avert the Eradication of Communities of Color— Flint Water Crisis
The Case of the People of Flint vs. The State of Michigan President Obama has [...]
Harriet Tubman and the Monetization of Black History
There's a strange irony in printing the image of someone who spent her life on the [...]
School Closures: A Blunt Instrument
This article appears in the Spring 2016 issue of The American Prospect Magazine. In 2013, citing [...]
Don’t Blame Bernie; Most People Don’t Get Charter Schools
By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign For America's Future. March 17, 2016 | Photographic credit; Bernie [...]
The Story Behind the Immigrant Workers in Bernie Sanders’ Stirring New Ad Lauding Worker Organizing
By Michelle Chen | Working In These Times. March 9, 2016, 12:56 PM | Photographic Credit; A scene [...]
Media Misses the Mark—Vote Theft at Core of Flint’s Problems
For Immediate Release Friday, February 12, 2016 - 1:15 PM DETROIT, Michigan - Three significant [...]
Democracy in Peril: Twenty Years of Media Consolidation Under the Telecommunications Act
Wall Street's sinister influence on the political process has, rightly, been a major topic during this [...]
Recent Reports Related to Common Core State Standards
- The People’s Rally, March, and Conference—Save Our Schools Coalition July 8-9, 2016empathy2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00
- Of Love and Blood: For People Who Like To Watch Child Abuse Porn on Social MediaStacey Patton2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00
- A Perfect Storm; The Takeover of New Orleans Public Schools—Disenfranchised CommunitiesPhoebe Ferguson2016-11-29T17:39:06-05:00
- I’ll Be So Proud When My Daughter is President and Runs a Corrupt OligarchyKiese Laymon2016-11-29T17:39:07-05:00