“NEEDED: A TRUE DIVERSITY MAP FOR AMERICA”
Sometimes childhood experiences motivate a lifetime of extraordinary work. That is certainly true for Georgetown University Law School professor and bioethicist Patricia King, a brilliant [...]
Read MoreSometimes childhood experiences motivate a lifetime of extraordinary work. That is certainly true for Georgetown University Law School professor and bioethicist Patricia King, a brilliant [...]
Read MoreIn the wake of Ferguson and a series of young Black male deaths at the hands of official law enforcement personnel (and one self-appointed neighborhood [...]
Read MoreIn a season focused on gratitude, 17-year-old Monica Chica has an attitude about choosing to be grateful that’s wise far beyond her years: “The most [...]
Read More“I decided that my education was the most important thing that I could ever have, because without your education, you can’t do much in this [...]
Read MoreFor many years I’ve been blessed by my friendship with Pamela Ferrell, one of the country’s leading experts on natural Black hair. Pamela and her [...]
Read MoreEach year at Halloween, our neighborhoods are bustling as children go door to door dressed as zombies, vampires, skeletons or something else fantastic and scary. [...]
Read MoreWith opportunity gaps widening for poor children and children of color, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education offers new [...]
Read MoreWhile we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of bipartisan leadership on behalf of [...]
Read MoreDuring the most critical period of Jessica’s childhood, adults who could have intervened to protect her from abuse let her down over and over. As [...]
Read More“If I could sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.” --Mrs. Rosa Parks, honorary co-chair, 1996 Stand for Children rally On June [...]
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