What LA teachers tell us about rising inequality
We ought to see their struggle as “a strike for democracy – against the plans of a tiny clique of billionaires to unilaterally impose their vision for the world.”
America: One big commercial!
We get more and more commercials as the newest election cycle approaches.
The danger of leadership cults
No leader, no matter how charismatic or courageous, will save us. We must save ourselves.
Community schools can revitalize the neighborhoods around them
The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
Keep resisting!
"Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies."
Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Spread Awareness on Climate Change
DiCaprio, who has been nominated several times but won for the first last night, accepted the award for Best Actor for his film The Revenant.
The Sickness In The Left: Are Student Progressives the Real Authoritarians?
From the rise in “microaggressions” to banning speakers and speech for perceived insensitivity to identity, so-called progressive student groups are increasingly cutting off free expression and open debate.
ALEC wants to make protest illegal in Illinois
ALEC isn’t often at the forefront of legislative changes in blue states like Illinois, but with overwhelming support for this bill by Democrats in the Illinois House, that may be changing.
My advice to the class of 2020
The multiple crises we’re facing are opportunities to remake this nation and the world, hopefully into more just societies.
TV stations follow John Oliver’s lead in the movement to forgive medical debt
How former debt collectors showed everyone how to buy up people’s medical debt at pennies on the dollar.