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Adam Bessie

Adam Bessie writes comics, which have appeared in The New Yorker, Project Censored, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, Believer, and of course, Truthout. Adam won The New York Association of Black Journalists 2018 Award for his graphic essay “Betsy Devos’ ‘School Choice’ Movement Isn’t Social Justice. It’s a Return to Segregation” (with Erik Thurman). Adam is a community college English professor in Northern California.

Truthout
Dec 10, 2017
Latest from Adam Bessie
Graphic Journalism
Education & Youth

Taking Schools Online Leaves Marginalized Students Remote From Learning

Students and educators have all become subjects in “The Great Zoom-School Experiment.”
by
Adam Bessie &
Peter Glanting,
Seven Stories Press
June 29, 2020
Truthout
Cartoon

An American Tradition

by
Jason Novak &
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
February 7, 2016
Truthout
Graphic Journalism

Children of the Code: Big Data, Little Kids

In the era of Big Data, children are tracked, analyzed and evaluated.
by
Dan Carino &
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
March 12, 2015
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Trojan Horse of “Free” Community College

Are the strings attached to “free community college” something that will fundamentally change the nature of the institution?
by
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
January 21, 2015
Truthout
Graphic Journalism

The Gates Foundation Education Reform Hype Machine and Bizarre Inequality Theory

In a graphic, interactive investigation by Adam Bessie and Dan Carino, take a look under the hood of The Gates Foundation’s multimillion dollar public relations machine designed to…
by
Dan Carino &
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
August 24, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

A Tale of Two Vergaras: Of Stardom and the End of Teacher Tenure

In much the same way that vouchers and charters have been sold via civil rights language, so too was Vergara v. California argued in court and marketed to…
by
Adam Bessie,
Automated Teaching Machine
June 11, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed

Jesus Is an Economic Engine: Dismantling the Metaphoric Mechanization of Everything

The metaphors we use matter, and “economic engine” is one we need to lose – now.
by
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
April 18, 2014
Truthout
Graphic Journalism

This School Is Not a Pipe

Metaphors matter and it is bad policy and worse poetry to describe education as a pipeline.
by
Josh Neufeld &
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
February 7, 2014
Truthout
Op-Ed
Education & Youth

School ™: Resist the Feed, Feed the Resistance

While many have commented on how accurate the 11-year old Feed is in its predictions of social networking and mobile technology, its dire predictions on the corporatization of…
by
Adam Bessie,
Adam Bessie's Blog
November 14, 2013
Truthout
Op-Ed

The Answer to the Great Question of Education Reform? The Number 42

For those who have invested millions in
by
Adam Bessie,
Truthout
October 15, 2013
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