Ask yourself; do things go better with Koch? Ah, as one of those in the know, you cannot be fooled. Even in a blind taste test you would know the difference between Coke, as in Coca-Cola, and Koch as in the billionaire brothers who want to end [...]
All of us might recall our history, in part. We remember Martin Luther King Junior delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech on Lincoln Mall. While we may not have been there on that momentous day, we have read accounts, seen footage, or perhaps have spoken [...]
Jeff Bezos. (Los Angeles Times) By Lee Fang | Originally Published at The Nation. August 6, 2013 As news broke yesterday that Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos has dipped into his personal fortune to buy The Washington Post and several Post-related media properties, there has [...]
"The Safety Net." We hear the term often, or at least during election season we do. Congressional Hearings too evoke the conversation. Safety Net? What is that and why do we need it? This week Conservative Congressman Paul Ryan asked these questions. He had his answer, although, [...]
Are liberals finally ready to oppose neoliberal education reform? By Lois Weiner | Originally Published at Jacobin Magazine. July 31, 2013 An eloquent call to “reclaim the conversation” challenges leading liberal educators to repudiate their involvement in what’s being called “corporate school reform.” We finally see liberal [...]
By Chauncey DeVega | Originally Published at We Are Respectable Negros. July 31, 2013 | This photo taken Friday July 12, 2013, shows Renee Adams, left, posing with her mother Irene Salyers and son Joseph, 4, at their produce stand in Council, Va. NBC's recent story on [...]
AP Photo/Seth Perlman). By Kay Steiger | Originally Published at The American Prospect. July 31, 2013 A new study finds that drops in white student achievement often lead to the passage of "teacher quality" bills. Not so much when it comes to dips in black student achievement. [...]
By Jessica Shiller | Learning on the Edge July 29, 2013 | Students stage a sit-in at Williams Elementary (Credit: OccupyCPS) The battles over school closings have been fierce nationwide. In Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, Baltimore, and Los Angeles, announcements of public school closings have been [...]
By Carmen Berkley | Originally Published at The Huffington Post. Black Voices. July 15, 2013 This past weekend, the Black Youth Project convened 100 Black youth to come up with a plan of action to uplift our voices, use our knowledge and take action within our community. [...]
