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COUNTERPOINT: Vouchers are not the ‘civil rights issue of our time’
The State· 2 hours agoIn 1958, three years after the Brown v. Board of Education order to integrate American schools, the Texas legislature debated a plan that would offer vouchers to parents who opposed the idea ...
Q&A: Civil Rights Lawyer Erika Wilson on How to Reignite Desegregation Efforts
The 74 via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoOn the eve of the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board, scholars revealed racial and economic...
Hillcrest's pioneering broadcast journalism teacher Dave Davis retires
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 50 minutes ago"They were turned loose to go interview people. They had a lot of freedom they wouldn't have in a...
Cooperation can end violent protests
New York Daily News· 45 minutes agoProtests related to the Israel-Palestine conflict have erupted on campuses across the United States, often resulting in police intervention. At Dartmouth...
POINT: Parents must end the teachers unions’ stranglehold on education
The State· 1 hour agoOn May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court took a historic step toward ending injustice with its decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The new civil rights challenge ...
Modern Far-Right Terrorism Repeats Reconstruction-Era Themes
Time via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut African Americans remain.” What’s more, those first two justifications behind far-right violence...
Right-wing states attacking diversity erase, repeat our ugly history of discrimination | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNow many right-wing politicians and judges are playing these poker chips again. The United States...
College campus protests are example of students exercising rights | Letters
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 5 days agoToday, all of us should be protesting against the United States' funding...against humanity in Gaza. These college campus protests are just examples of ...
The Solemn History Behind Nakba Day
Time Magazine· 10 hours agoEvery year on May 15, Palestinian people across the world observe what is known as Nakba Day, the solemn anniversary of the day in 1948 when the...
Chicagoan uniting voices, leading city’s diverse youth into a global future
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoMay is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. It’s a month that serves to celebrate the...