LGBTQ
As Pride Month Ends, Our LGBTQIA+ Youth Are Under the Worst Attack in Decades
On June 11, my tiny rural town of Mount Sterling, Kentucky hosted its first-ever Pride, organized by a local drag queen (and former student of mine), Ms. Brittany Delslay. People who attended the...
CRT
White Parents Chased This Black Educator Straight Out of Town, And They Didn't Stop There
This story and accompanying videos were originally co-published by ProPublica and FRONTLINE as part of an ongoing collaboration. In April of 2021, Cecelia Lewis had just returned to Maryland from a...
anti-racism
I’ll Be the Bogeyman of the Far-Right if It Means Speaking Out on Racial Justice
If you know me, you know I can be provocative in the service of social justice. Since the 1990s, I have written about race, racism, white supremacy, and social justice with a straightforward,...
LGBTQ
LGBTQIA+ Student Booed by Adults at Tulsa School Board Meeting Speaks Out
A Tulsa middle schooler is speaking up after adults booed her at a Tulsa School Board (TPS) meeting last Monday. Speaking about their experience as a queer youth, the student called on TPS board...
Teaching
'Break My Soul' Is the Perfect Summer Anthem for Burnt Out Teachers
Music, in general, just has this uncanny ability to transmit positive vibrations throughout our bodies. But I would take it a step further by saying that there are a handful of songs that are special...
guns
How Many More Dead Children and Teachers?
As NBA coach Steve Kerr loudly pleaded a couple of weeks back during his press conference, when are we going to do something about this? At what point will our senators in Washington D.C. put their...