Truthout
Education & Youth
Educational Inequality and the Ballot Booth
Class bias impedes democracy. Tuition free public universities has the potential to create a more representative democracy.
Joe Paterno’s Ugly Defenders: Exposing the Penn State Truthers
Paterno Truthers resort to trolling and misogynistic comments to deny his culpability in the Sandusky scandal.
“Hispanic Heritage Month” May Be Imperfect, but It’s Necessary
"Hispanic Heritage Month" is the one month out of the year where I get to remind you, boldly, that we matter and that we exist.
“Everything Was Cut Immediately”: Long Island University Faculty and Students Protest Lockout
The administration barred all 400 members of the faculty union from Long Island University's Brooklyn campus.
Six Reasons You Should Care About the NLRB’s Graduate Employee Decision
Here are five issues that the Columbia decision has put into sharp focus.
Jailing Bresha Meadows Is No Route to Justice
What do you do when you have absolutely no good options? No child should have to face these questions, but Bresha Meadows faced them every day.
After Hundreds of School Closures, Black Families Are Still Waiting for Justice
Hundreds of neighborhood school closures in cities across the country have had a disproportionate impact on Black and Brown students.
A Turning Point for the Charter School Movement
Resistance to charter schools, which are more racially segregated than traditional public schools, is growing.
Why School Is a “Confusing Mental Mish-Mash” for Kids
There are six assumptions that shape US education policy, and they're all false.
Making Rights Work: A Review of “The Human Rights Enterprise”
This review looks at the real, on the ground ways that claims to human rights actually function to challenge power.