Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country. Defined as missing fifteen or more days of a given school year, chronic absenteeism is a systemic issue with serious c...
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Before the coronavirus pandemic, chronic absenteeism was a growing epidemic of its own kind that rocked schools across the country. Defined as missing fifteen or more days of a given school year, chronic absenteeism is a systemic issue with serious c...
Sarah Shabbar grew up with an identity problem. As a child, she was constantly reminded by her community to be proud of her Jordanian heritage, but as she told the Los Angeles Times, “none of these forms are allowing me to feel proud of it, because...
Sarah Shabbar grew up with an identity problem. As a child, she was constantly reminded by her community to be proud of her Jordanian heritage, but as she told the Los Angeles Times, “none of these forms are allowing me to feel proud of it, because...
As caucuses in Iowa closed on February 3rd, Americans waited with bated breath to learn which Democratic candidates will have an early advantage in the party’s primary contest. The election was already fraught with uncertainty; just two days earlie...
As caucuses in Iowa closed on February 3rd, Americans waited with bated breath to learn which Democratic candidates will have an early advantage in the party’s primary contest. The election was already fraught with uncertainty; just two days earlie...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
One hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. ...
On February 5, Providence community advocates, leaders, and residents gathered to encourage unity and condemn bigotry in response to racist flyers that were disseminated near Brown University’s campus. The college’s president, Christina Paxson, r...
On February 5, Providence community advocates, leaders, and residents gathered to encourage unity and condemn bigotry in response to racist flyers that were disseminated near Brown University’s campus. The college’s president, Christina Paxson, r...
Perhaps the most defining characteristic of racism in the United States is its pervasiveness. It goes beyond personal attitudes and seeps into almost all institutional functions. Environmental policy and regulation is subject to these same discrimina...
Perhaps the most defining characteristic of racism in the United States is its pervasiveness. It goes beyond personal attitudes and seeps into almost all institutional functions. Environmental policy and regulation is subject to these same discrimina...
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx previously served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected to Charlotte Cit...
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx previously served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. He was first elected to Charlotte Cit...
Nicole Fortier is a Counsel in the Justice Program at the NYU School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. At the Brennan Center Ms. Fortier focuses on issues of mass incarceration, criminal justice policy, and systematic funding structures. Recentl...
Nicole Fortier is a Counsel in the Justice Program at the NYU School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. At the Brennan Center Ms. Fortier focuses on issues of mass incarceration, criminal justice policy, and systematic funding structures. Recentl...
Bill Keller is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union and previously served as Executiv...
Bill Keller is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union and previously served as Executiv...
The battle over the derogatory term, Redskins, ballooned into a fight over freedom of speech last month when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed an amicus siding with the Washington Redskins. The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) strip...
The battle over the derogatory term, Redskins, ballooned into a fight over freedom of speech last month when the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed an amicus siding with the Washington Redskins. The US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) strip...
For the past few weeks, students at the University of Cape Town have been demonstrating in protest of the Cecil Rhodes statue situated front and center on the university’s campus since 1934. The statue overlooks the rugby fields and sits at the top...
For the past few weeks, students at the University of Cape Town have been demonstrating in protest of the Cecil Rhodes statue situated front and center on the university’s campus since 1934. The statue overlooks the rugby fields and sits at the top...
The flag of South Carolina is a white palm tree against a blue background, meant to represent liberty, heroics and independence emulated by the state’s troops in the American Revolution. However, its reverence is rivaled by the Confederate Battle F...
The flag of South Carolina is a white palm tree against a blue background, meant to represent liberty, heroics and independence emulated by the state’s troops in the American Revolution. However, its reverence is rivaled by the Confederate Battle F...