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Phony "Parents Rights" Politics meets a Right-speaking Parent
I am grateful for this full-throated rebuke of cynical and vicious attacks on people who uphold the need to teach facts and critical...

Carlos
Apr 22, 20221 min read


Divine Heresy
From New York Times In This Time of War, I Propose We Give Up God By Shalom Auslander April 15, 2022 "God, it seems, paints with a wide...

Carlos
Apr 16, 20221 min read


United Notions?
I recently had a second discussion with Jen Richmond and David Bernstein of the Hold My Drink podcast, and the Institute for Liberal...

Carlos
Apr 14, 20221 min read


I will teach you a different sort of dignity
My son sent me the words of a father to his son. Together that makes four of us in the urgent, crucial, and joyful struggle to transcend...

Carlos
Apr 7, 20226 min read
In ‘social-emotional learning,’ right sees more critical race theory
By Laura Meckler, Washington Post, March 28, 2022 "So, this past fall, the district implemented a social-emotional learning (SEL) program...

Carlos
Mar 29, 20222 min read


An Educator Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Children. Then He Was Fired.
“I Need a New Butt!,” which was published in 2012, is marketed to children ages 4 to 8 and tells the story of a young boy who sets off to...

Carlos
Mar 12, 20221 min read


How to Confront Social Bias
[Referencing "A Coach’s Homophobic Taunt Forces Him to Reconsider the Weight of Words" New York Times, March 10, 2022] 1 - Someone...

Carlos
Mar 10, 20222 min read


Just You & Me
[They] drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win We drew a circle and took them in...

Carlos
Feb 17, 20222 min read


Neo-Nazis target anti-racist doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital, calling them 'anti-white'
Like so many places across the country, here in Boston, we must acknowledge the violence being visited upon exemplary citizens doing...

Carlos
Feb 3, 20221 min read


‘This Painting Could Be the Future’
Artist Jonathan Harris on Why His Viral Image ‘Critical Race Theory’ Struck a Chord Around the Globe January 24, 2022 And what if it does...

Carlos
Jan 25, 20221 min read
How the Pandemic and Anti-Asian Violence Spurred 2 States to Change History Lessons
"Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have long faced racism and violence based on harmful stereotypes, including a recent...

Carlos
Jan 25, 20221 min read


On this MLK Jr. Day
How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America BY KERMIT ROOSEVELT III -JANUARY 17, 2022 Roosevelt is a professor of...

Carlos
Jan 17, 20225 min read


Lies (of Aversion) My Teacher Told Me
Lies My Teacher Told Me is a book by University of Vermont sociologist and historian James W. Loewen (first edition published in 1995)....

Carlos
Jan 17, 20223 min read


Dialogues Beyond the Master’s Map: An Invitation
My journey has taken me past constructions of race, past constructions of mixed race, and into an understanding of human difference that...

Carlos
Jan 7, 20223 min read


How racism in early life can affect long-term health
OPINION: Excessive adversity activates biological reactions that can lead to lifelong problems in physical and mental wellbeing. By Jack...

Carlos
Jan 4, 20224 min read


Nikki Giovanni Has Made Peace With Her Hate
By David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya "I am a space freak. As a little girl, I shared a bedroom with my sister. And I got to...

Carlos
Dec 30, 20212 min read


New avenue for revised look at America's history of racism: roadside markers
"State government took down a marker in Pittsburgh's Point State Park that noted the location where British General John Forbes had a...

Carlos
Dec 28, 20211 min read


First Asian-American Muppet to Debut on "Sesame Street"
"I think it was honestly inspired, unfortunately, by the past year and the rise in, you know, attacks and racist incidents, especially...

Carlos
Dec 17, 20211 min read
More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism
NPR. December 13, 2021 "The mother of two said she'd always coached her kids at home to keep them on track. But three things made her...

Carlos
Dec 14, 20212 min read
Understanding (and teaching about?) the Surge in Anti-DEI Efforts
"If you truly want students to take an interest in American history, then stop lying to them" - From Lies My Teacher Told Me: Young...

Carlos
Dec 13, 20212 min read
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