True Social Justice & Racial Equity Is Hard Work
Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged to defend free speech on campuses and criticized the idea of creating safe spaces on campus, protected from hate speech. He argued that classrooms should be places of “robust debate.” To that I say, bring it—bring on honest, fact-based conversations about history, race […]
This weekend, there was a terrible and very telling incident in Charlottesville, Virginia. While emotions are high and people are scared, to me, this is a moment in which we, Americans, must make key decisions about our legacy. Around middle school, I began to grasp the lies I had been […]
“Democracy needs to be re-born in each generation and education is its mid-wife.” —John Dewey If this election were a movie, would it have been directed by Quentin Tarantino or Oliver Stone? Either way, it would most likely be rated R. The rhetoric alone isn’t especially child-friendly. No one […]