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  1. Trump’s Signals to White Supremacists Aren’t Dog Whistles. They’re Flares. On Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017, a veritable who's who of white supremacist groups clashed with hundreds of counter-protesters during the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … “They may not be ready for the Ku Klux Klan yet, but as anti-white hatred escalates, they will.” That was Rachel Pendergraft, a spokeswoman for the political arm of the Ku Klux Klan (yes, this exists), talking last year about Continue reading
  2. Rethinking Employment in the Biden-Harris Era
    3 Mar 2021 … And my own looming job crisis. Continue reading
  3. It’s About Time A delegate holds up a sign on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 27, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … We’ve been waiting for this a long time. Correction: working for it. Back in 1970, during spring training of the Charlie Brown All-Stars baseball team, Lucy of the “Peanuts” comic strip calmly let an easy pop-fly drop to the ground, Continue reading
  4. The American Heroes of Social Justice Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. marches in a line of men with arms linked during the March on Washington. August 1963. (AP Photo)
    3 Mar 2012 … Author Peter Dreier explains some of his selections for 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame. Continue reading
  5. As the School Year Ends, the Future of Public Education Is in Jeopardy School bus
    6 Jun 2015 … Communities — from urban, mostly black and brown districts, to conservative, rural areas — are rising up against budget cuts and the threat of school closures. Continue reading
  6. The Truth About Lies The Truth About Lies - Oliver North (Photo: Screenshot from The Truth About Lies)
    11 Nov 1989 … Bill Moyers examines how deception has influenced some of the major events of our recent past and how self-deception shapes our personal lives and the public mind. Continue reading
  7. ‘General James Bethune and John Bethune Introduce Blind Tom’ Blind Tom
    4 Apr 2017 … April is National Poetry Month, and we’re celebrating by featuring examples of “civic” poetry from new and familiar voices. Throughout the month we’ll be discussing what it means to be civic through the art of words. Join us on Twitter Continue reading
  8. Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law Lyndon Baines Johnson signing the Civil Rights Bill, April 11, 1968
    5 May 2014 … Despite the Fair Housing Act, levels of residential segregation have barely budged in many of the large metropolitan areas where most African-Americans live. Here's why. Continue reading
  9. “Wealth, Not Culpability, Shapes Outcomes” in Court Lawyer Bryan Stevenson at 2012 TED conference
    3 Mar 2013 … In a 2012 TED talk — which has been viewed over a million times — this week’s guest, lawyer Bryan Stevenson, talks about the hard truths of America’s unequal justice system, the incredible disenfranchisement of those with criminal convictions and Continue reading
  10. We Must Out-Educate and Out-Innovate Other Nations Diane Ravitch; Courtesy of Thirteen.org
    2 Feb 2013 … My fellow Americans, I have said in previous addresses on this occasion that the key to our future success is to make sure that the education we provide our young people is the best in the world. I have said Continue reading