The physical and congitive effects of lead poisoning on students require special education interventions that are difficult for struggling schools to provide.
2019
Posted inEditor's Pick
Moses Speaks Spanglish
Identity and agency tangle in complicated ways when none of the languages you speak can precisely channel who you are.
Posted inUncategorized
This Month In Books: The Book Is an Escape Tool
Sometimes telling a story is the only way to escape it.
Posted inStory
Under the Influence: Deeper Than Beauty
Influencers who break type, like Mina Gerges or Jakiya Brown, have more than just an image. They have a story — and a plan.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Highlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
The Boeing 737 MAX: “Fatally Flawed”
Boeing’s failings with the 737 MAX reveal a dangerous deviation from its engineering-first culture that used to put the safety of the flying public before profit.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Town Split By a Play About the 1980s AIDS Epidemic
Sometimes art can challenge viewers enough to change them. Sometimes art just makes the narrow-minded angry.
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘I Will Never Let Boeing Forget Her’
In designing the 737 MAX, Boeing altered the plane’s automatic response in the event of a faulty angle-of-attack sensor, failed to include the change in the airplane’s operating manual, and then promptly blamed foreign pilots when two separate crashes involving the model took 347 lives.
Posted inEditor's Pick
When ‘Angels in America’ Came to East Texas
Homophobia and religiosity divided the town of Kilgore, Texas over the famous play. The divisions also helped liberate some local citizens, allowing them to define their own worldviews apart from that of their parents’.
Posted inBlog Post, Current Events
The Podcast That Explains Why We’re All Wrong
How Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes debunk news scandals of the past.
Posted inNonfiction
When It Comes to the Climate Crisis, Don’t Forget the Power of the States
Even with the federal government in chaos, there’s still plenty of opportunity to solve a global problem.