By Laura S. Washington | Chicago Sun Times. May 3, 2014 5:48PM It’s Rahm Emanuel’s hot mess. Crime is out of control, the summer is close at hand. The mayor faces heated discontent from unions, education activists and parents, particularly black folks. A year ago, Emanuel and [...]
Tracking police stops and use of force will allow researchers to analyze police behavior across the country, says Phillip Goff | Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images By Phillip Atiba Goff | Originally Published at Cable News Network [CNN]. Updated May 2, 2014 1:08 PM EDT Editor's note: Phillip [...]
By Trymaine Lee | Originally Published at MSNBC News. April 25, 2014 06:53 AM—UPDATED April 25, 2014 12:07 PM There are two pathways for children at one of the largest school buildings in Harlem. One route, reserved for a select few, comes with new carpeting, bright paint [...]
By Jing Fong Originally Published at Yes! Magazine. April 25, 2014 Curtis Acosta's classes in Mexican American Studies gave kids pride in their heritage—until the Arizona Legislature canceled them. That's when his students became activists, and some real-life lessons began. The Mexican American Studies (MAS) program [...]
By Antwaun Sargent | Originally Published at PolicyMic. April 24, 2014 In February, President Barack Obama stood before a group of African-American boys (and other boys of color) in the White House to announce his $200 million dollar initiative, "My Brother's Keeper," an effort to help African-American [...]
From education to gun control, progressive movements need to do a better job empowering the people whose interests they claim to serve. (Reuters/Joshua Lott) By Gary Younge | Originally Published at The Nation. April 23, 2014 At a panel titled “Grassroots Organizing” at the Network for Public [...]
Originally Published at Democracy Now! April 23, 2014 As the U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ban on affirmative action in Michigan and the country marks 60 years since the landmark decision of Brown v. Board of Education, we look at how segregation is still pervasive in U.S. [...]
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009, during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Pool, George Bridges) Does race matter? Is discrimination an issue? On April 22, 2014, in a 6-2 decision the Supreme [...]
Generic Image (Istockphoto) By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originlly Published at The Becoming Radical. April 14, 2014 The paradox of race in the U.S.: In order to become a culture in which race does not matter, race must always matter. Due this coming June, my first [...]
