Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. ~ James Baldwin (1924–1987), [...]
So, How Will Blacks Feed Their Families? By Kathleen Cross | Originally Published at Rollng Out. July 11, 2011 You may remember the 2003 University of Chicago study by Devah Pager that sent young white and black “testers” with randomly assigned “felony convictions” to apply for [...]
Dearest Rachel… Hi. It is me, Betsy. I am writing to say Congratulations to you and all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans. It has been a great week for all our LBGTQ brethren. Sadly, it is a little less so [...]
Kids Count or so we say. In practice, Americans spend more time substantiating that kids can count and do little to show that the actual child matters. While many might reflect on their personal circumstances and argue that children count, there is another dynamic to consider. Do [...]
Photograph: Lori Nix How We Are Impoverished, Gentrified and Silenced - and What to Do About It By John Pilger | Originally Published at TruthOut. July 26, 2013 Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against [...]
By Donald H. Smith, Ph.D. and Sam Anderson, Ph.D | Originally Published at Black Star News. June 18, 2013 Carter G. Woodson penned a timeless classic on mis-education [On Education] Common Core State Standards created by the Council of State School Officers and the National Governors [...]
By Bob George and Betsy L. Angert | Published at EmpathyEducates. Today, Chicago Public Schools again asserted that there was a way to "improve" community schools, cut budgets, $52 million dollars worth. The decision to eliminate administrative and operational expenses is touted as a means to help [...]
By Rebecca Strauss | Originally Published at The New York Times June 16, 2013 Averages can be misleading. The familiar, one-dimensional story told about American education is that it was once the best system in the world but that now it’s headed down the drain, with piles [...]
The American experience defies what was laid out in The Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of [...]
