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How the myth that all Black parents give kids “the talk” about police is used to silence resistance

My mother told me that I should always fight for what I believe in, whether it brings me personal harm or not.

by Hari Ziyad

Being a Black educator doesn’t mean you aren’t teaching anti-Blackness

Poverty appropriation & the moral depravity of a society where elite education has the highest stakes

“Who taught you to love yourself?”: How political education moved me to leave academia

Morehouse’s new policy accepting trans men misses the point by clinging to the gender binary

Georgetown’s student vote on slave reparation fund signals a needed change in higher education

2020 candidates are finally talking about reparations. It’s time to deepen the debate

Study: White students receive over $2k more in school funding nationwide than non-white students

Arizona wants to create a DNA database for care facilities and charge people for it, that’s a problem

11-year-old arrested at Florida school after refusing to stand for pledge of allegiance defends himself

School district investigates teachers after displaying nooses as “back to school” necklaces in class

Denver teachers on strike today after negotiations over more stable base salary stall out

NYPD asks Google to remove DUI checkpoints from their map application Waze

Report: Many iPhone apps are recording your screen activity without permission

HBCU Bennett College is poised to maintain accreditation status after debt scare

Colleges sanitizing remnants of white supremacy on their campuses isn’t progress

Prisons are using voice recognition technology as mass surveillance

Oklahoma City school to be designed specifically for homeless students

As measles outbreak grows in non-vaccinated population, Washington declares state of emergency

New experimental gene therapies offer potential cure for sickle cell, which largely affects Black communities

Kansas HS dance coach prevents Black student from performing because her skin is “too dark”

House Democrats cite freedom of speech in refusal to censure Steve King for racist comments

480,000 students affected as Los Angeles teachers go on strike for better wages, conditions

Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues

#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact

Voting rights restored to former felons in Florida, but lawmakers may add legal hurdles

Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight for justice

Black Miami student says she was accused of cheating after improving SAT scores, hires lawyer

Sudanese doctors and journalists go on strike against government in midst of deadly protests

Anti-Black bullying in schools devastates children. We need to invest in their healing

Parents outraged as New Orleans votes to become the first major city in America with an all charter school system

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