The white people of Ferguson are scared of Halloween. So scared that they cancelled it, and then rescheduled it, and then confined its alternative to a certain part of town. They say they’re worried “about opening their doors…as well as for [their] children’s safety.” “We [...]
When riots broke out after citizens of Ferguson took to the streets to protest the murder of Mike Brown by a police officer, the media was littered with imagery and stories of violent and savage Black people destroying the city. To a large extent, those [...]
By Jeff Bryant | Originally Published at Campaign For America's Future. October 2, 2014 | Parents, residents, and teachers protest history curriculum. Jefferson County Schools. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post) When hundreds of high school students across a suburban school district outside of Denver, Colo. recently walked [...]
This article is from the Fall 2014 issue of the The American Prospect magazine. For the first time in decades, voters in nearly half the country will find it harder to cast a ballot in the upcoming elections. Voters in 22 states will face tougher [...]
We, the people, wish to right a wrong. Our Neighborhood High School Walter H Dyett High School is under siege. The School Board, Alderman Will Burns, and the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel have given us ample reason to believe we must save our children, save [...]
Photograph Source The Advocate By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. September 20, 2014 On Friday September 19, 2014 Louisiana’s First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled "in favor" of Research on Reforms (ROR) citing that the Louisiana Department of Education was wrong in not releasing [...]
What have we done to our children? We express distress over their education. All those tests, a standardized curriculum. Our schools are "failing," or so some say and charter schools are scamming in countless ways. We try to opt out
Irene Robinson expressed her desire to take her grandchildren to Anthony Overton Elementary School again, The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) district decided to shutter the building for good in 2014. Overton Elementary, at 221 E. 49th St. in the Bronzeville neighborhood, is one of 50 schools the [...]
By Janee Woods | Originally Published What Matters. August 17, 2014 | Photograph; Michael Brown | Facebook As we all know by now, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenage boy, was gunned down by the police while walking to his grandmother’s house in the middle of the [...]
