Local advocates are poised to win a campaign for justice that’s broader than individual civil suits can offer. By Zach Stafford | Originally Published at The Nation. April 22, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Stanley Wrice speaks with the media after being released from prison after [...]
By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. April 15, 2015 I wish…I wish #iwishmyteacherknew is perhaps the most needed lesson and yet, it is the one most often repeatedly rejected. What troubles our children far more than testing or conventions are the questions, "Will I [...]
There is no doubt that cheating occurred in Atlanta Public Schools (APS), and that it was systemic, pervasive and involved dozens of educators across many schools. The fact that there was extreme pressure placed on educators to obtain higher test scores, and that unrealistic goals [...]
Harriet Tubman or Rosa Parks may be the next face featured on the U.S. $20 bill—that is if WomenOn20s (W20), a grassroots organization committed to the realization of female representation on the nation’s currency, has anything to say about it. After a “robust” voting process spearheaded [...]
On March 21, 2012, 22-year-old Rekia Boyd was fatally shot in the back of the head. Chicago Police Detective Dante Servin had been off-duty when, around 1 a.m., he approached a group that included Boyd in his car. After one of the individuals present, 39-year-old [...]
By Donovan X. Ramsey | Originally Published at Gawker. April 10, 2015 11:45AM | Image by Sam Woolley; Photographic Credit; Shutterstock Late Tuesday, news broke that yet another unarmed American, a black man named Walter Scott, was killed by a white police officer. As with Tamir Rice, [...]
Kayleb Moon-Robinson was 11 years old last fall when charges — criminal charges — began piling up at school. Diagnosed as autistic, Kayleb was being scolded for misbehavior one day and kicked a trash can at Linkhorne Middle School in Lynchburg, Virginia, in the Blue [...]
By Altheria Gaston | Originally Published at ForHarriet. April 9, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Shutterstock I am in the early stages of writing a dissertation that focuses on the realities of single, Black mothers experiencing poverty. One of my goals is to reveal the extent to which [...]
The first step to being a white anti-racist ally is doing the work of learning on your own. By Kali Holloway | Originally Published at AlterNet. April 8, 2015 [People of color] are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate [...]
