Photograph; Shoppers at a food pantry. (Reuters) And why their "bad" decisions might be more rational than you'd think. By Derek Thompson | Originally Published at The Atlantic. November 22, 2013 In August, Science published a landmark study concluding that poverty, itself, hurts our ability to make [...]
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Originally Published at Bill Moyers and Company. November 22, 2013 Education expert Henry Giroux tells Bill public schools are suffering from an overemphasis on academic testing as teachers are stripped of their powers, in schools with disciplinary systems that resemble prisons. “The discipline, particularly in these urban [...]
By Esther Yu-Hsi Lee |Originally Published at ThinkProgress. November 21, 2013 On Wednesday, actress America Ferrera led a solidarity march with hundreds of pro-immigration activist groups at the University of Texas at Austin to protest against a scheduled game called “Catch an illegal immigrant” which prompted heavy [...]
Did you see or hear about the Taos chase? What do you know? Could it be that we know less than we think we do? Might we consider this…On November 20, 2013, President Obama, awarded the Medal of Freedom [Video] to sixteen [16] individuals. Most news reports [...]
By Gina Crosley-Corcoran, CD(DONA), MPH(c) | Originally Published at The Feminist Breeder. November 20, 2013 | Photograph; ("This was a much nicer camper setup than the one we had.") Years ago, some feminist on the internet told me I was "Privileged." THE FUCK!?!?" I said. I came [...]
By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical November 17, 2013 Social media and even mainstream media appear poised to leap on Secretary Arne Duncan with both feet due to his swipe at white suburban moms. The nearly universal sweeping outrage—some with a level [...]
Photo: Marin Watts By Von Diaz | Originally Published at Colorlines. Monday, November 11 2013, 7:00 AM EST It’s 10 p.m. on Tuesday night at the Streetwork Project overnight shelter in New York City, and many of the young residents are just settling in. The shelter, a [...]
By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. November 10, 2013 No child has ever chosen to be poor. Children have never caused the poverty that defines their lives, and their education. Yet, the adults with political, corporate, and educational wealth and power—who [...]
It is 4:30 AM. The morning frost has not yet begun to melt. She shivers. It is freezing cold outside; twenty-nine degrees in the sun were it out. In her home the temperature is not much better. Sandra cannot afford to turn on the heat. She scurries [...]
