Illustration by Brian Stauffer By Alex Morris | Originally Published at Rolling Stone. October 10, 2013 Private Christian schools are exploiting local laws to raise money while expelling kids for the crime of being not straight A strange thing happened to Tristan at the end of [...]
Gentrification is the predominant form of neighborhood development in many cities. | Photograph: Bill Cooper By David Madden | Originally Published at Guardian. Thursday 10 October 2013 07.30 EDT It's no secret that today's big cities are massively unequal, and gentrification is now the predominant form of [...]
By Lorraine Forte | Originally Published at The Huffington Post October 9, 2013 Any adult who was successful in school will likely remember that their parents played a defining role in that success. What happens during the roughly six-hour school day is only part of the learning [...]
By Greg Kaufmann | The Poverty Line, What Matters Today | Originally Published at BillMoyers.com September 27, 2013 We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following post appeared first in Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week [...]
In the summer of 2013 House Republicans dropped funding for food stamps and other nutritional programs from the Farm Bill. Historically the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) comprised about 80 percent of the funds allocated in the Farm Bill. Cost savings were claimed as the reason for [...]
Freshman Kyle Thompson was expelled and faced a criminal charge after a confrontation with his science teacher. (Courtesy photo) By myFOXDetroit.com Staff - email and Alexis Wiley, Fox 2 News - email | Originally Published at Fox 2 News Headlines . September 23, 2013 11:09 PM EDT [...]
On September 21, 2013 a large group of children, parents, grandparents, school staff, teachers and community members gathered to affirm Public Education as a Civil Right. Locals and supporters from miles away came together at Milwaukee High School of the Arts at 10:30 a.m. Once the crowd [...]
Why might it be that school closures continue? How could adults sit by and watch what occurs to their progeny? Why is there not a greater active expression of concern? The answers are many and also easy. Humans attend to their own wants and needs first and [...]
Take a moment and reflect on your relationship with power…and empathy. Do you have one more than the other and earlier in your life were the roles reversed? What about your partner, your superior [at least in the office]? Does your Supervisor relate to your needs? Does [...]
