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Virtual affinity groups are supporting Black students during a pandemic

Professionalism is a lie, sheltering in place is no exception

Police-Free schools are necessary, as is abolishing the white supremacist state they are rooted in

The siblings of disabled youth are committed to building more accessible worlds

I’ll always be the “angry” and “unreasonable” Black student when I call out racism on my campus

Shedding the need for white validation and embracing the nuances of Black knowledge

Gameschooling is a critical tool that helps Black children learn

We need Restorative Justice in our schools, not more police

After graduating college, I received my best education from my uncle and his books

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

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

“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

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