Reflection

By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Everyday Motion of Artifacts May 24, 2013 it simply happened one day when the teachers decided enough was enough all the boys with OCD spent the day playing drums or riding their bicycles and the introverts sat quietly [...]

Ah, to Create. Creative Thought takes us down roads not yet traveled. To be truly creative we must consider practicalities, but never lose sight of the veracity that these are but a springboard. With feet planted firmly in the familiar, we are able to leap great heights. [...]

Sha'Condria "iCon" Sibley understands all too well that each of us is given a name at birth. Some of us ask and some never do, but we wonder. "Why?" "Why was this name chosen?" We ask our parents. Did you anticipate that my life would be [...]

Letter From Betsy L. Angert, Educator To: The Department of Education, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Northeast Director of Communications and Outreach100 Penn Square East, Suite 505Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Reference… School Closures, Phase-Outs, Co-Locations, and Turn Arounds – The Journey for Justice [...]

This next week and a half promises to be electrifying. We’re on the brink of an epic hurricane, a Presidential election, and either the most disappointing or the spookiest Halloween ever. But right now I’m going to talk about me, about MIT, and [...]

By Darnell L. Moore | Originally Published The Feminist Wire. September 12, 2012 “Darnell, you can’t write.” I was an eighth-grade student at Morgan Village Middle School in Camden, New Jersey, when you, my Language Arts instructor, reprimanded me in front of my classmates and uttered [...]

Gawker published the essay, "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America" last year, three weeks after George Zimmerman told Sean Hannity that the shooting of Trayvon Martin "was all God's plan." As the jury deliberates in the State vs. George Zimmerman case, we [...]

The holiday season is the best of times and the worst of times. It always was. There is beauty of tradition. City lights gleam. Faces beam and homes are decorated in recognition. Each year and every year there is a celebration. Everywhere you turn people [...]

Author Renée Watson reveals a bit of personal story. She speaks of the importance of reading and how reading at a young age—on her own and with my mother—shaped her relationship with books. “Mom, I’m bored!” I whined. This was something that often came out [...]