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Posted July 2, 2020
We Don’t Recognize America’s Independence Day Over Here in Wakanda
“Independence Day” is upon us. But Black fam’, before we get geeked to partake in such traditions as backyard barbecues…
Posted June 17, 2020
I’ll Believe Y’all Are Serious About Black Lives Mattering When You Send More of Our Kids to College Instead of Prison
I’m hearing a lot of people now all “rah-rah” for Black lives mattering. Meanwhile, I’m over here rolling my eyes…
Posted June 5, 2020
America Has to Take Its Knees Off the Neck of Public Education, Too
By now, the image of George Floyd pinned to the ground with the knees of a murderous cop who the…
Posted May 22, 2020
Reopening Schools While Coronavirus Is Still on the Loose Is Ass-Backward
I swear this country is ass-backward. In last week’s Senate hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci—the nation’s leading expert on the coronavirus…
Posted May 14, 2020
Tell Joe Biden We Need to See Some Black and Brown Parents On His So-Called Education Task Force
Earlier this year Joe Biden posed in a picture with members of the Powerful Parent Network. When I saw the…
Posted May 8, 2020
Public Education Is a Storm But Our Kids Aren’t Weathering it in the Same Boat
“We’re all in the same storm, not the same boat.” That’s the statement one of my friends made during a…
Posted Apr. 24, 2020
Now Is the Time to Reimagine Education for Students of Color
Everybody’s waiting on the day when things will go back to normal. Not me. Don’t get me wrong—I’m all the…
Posted Apr. 17, 2020
Our Kids Can’t Go Back to School Right Now, So We Need to Make Sure They’re Connected
Once again, our kids and communities are going to be hit hardest when the last respiratory droplet of the coronavirus…
Posted Mar. 20, 2020
Once We Beat the Coronavirus, Let’s End the Pandemic in Our Public Schools
Here’s something to take our minds off occasional thoughts of the world ending—thoughts probably caused by hallucinations from inhaling the…
Posted Mar. 13, 2020
We Shouldn’t Have to Figure Out How to Survive Coronavirus on Our Own
Reason number 2.8 million as to why I love my Black people—we have a sense of humor about everything. For…
