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Once Upon a Time in America
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Don’t sugarcoat history in teaching the civil rights movement. Students deserve the full truth about both the racial bias that caused it and our hesitant steps toward freedom.
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Peggy McIntosh: Beyond the Knapsack
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Learn how Serial Testimony places the emphasis on student experience.
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Introducing 'The New Jim Crow'
In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander explores complex questions about the criminal justice system and the history of race and racial justice in the United States.
October 13, 2014
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Understanding the Prison Label
What is the long-term harm and wider impact of mass incarceration on people and communities of color? The racial caste system established and perpetuated by mass incarceration continues beyond a prison sentence and extends into families, communities and society at large. The criminalization and demonization of black men creates a “prison label” of stigma and shame that damages the black community as a whole.
October 13, 2014
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1982: The AIDS Epidemic
In his article, physician and journalist Lawrence K. Altman describes the early cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the uncertainty that surrounded the infectious disease at its naming.
July 5, 2014
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We Can’t Lose Another Child to Suicide
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Hate at school can cost lives, and we’ve already lost too many.
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A Landmark Supreme Court Case For LGBTQ Educators and Students
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On June 15, the Supreme Court's decision in 'Bostock v. Clayton County, GA' made it illegal for employers to discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace.
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Pandemic Pedagogy: A Call to Educators to Bring Their Classrooms to Reality
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One educator explains the value of addressing the pandemic head-on in class.
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Humanity, Healing and Doing the Work
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Honoring our collective humanity will result in an education system in which all children thrive.