Adjuncts have unionized to try to negotiate a livable wage, but can their efforts defeat the college industrial complex?
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How a Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Smashed the Gender Divide in American High Schools
Journalist and documentarian — and Stuyvesant High School alumna — Laurie Gwen Shapiro profiles Alice de Rivera, whose 1969 case challenging Stuyvesant to open its enrollment to girls led to so many other male-only secondary schools and colleges to abandon gender-based exclusion.
Posted inArts & Culture, Media, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Washington D.C.’s New Media Landscape Is Niche
General readers won’t have heard of their publications, but Washington D.C.’s trade press cater to specialist readers who pay top dollar for the beats they cover.
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Class Dismissed
When she attends an elite private college on scholarship, Alison Stine discovers that education isn’t quite the equalizer she expected it to be.
Posted inFeature
Tea, Biscuits, and Empire: The Long Con of Britishness
The soft-focus Britain of Downton Abbey bears little resemblance to the real Britain collapsing under the weight of racism, austerity, and COVID-19. As Brexit plods on, it’s time for an honest reckoning of the history and future of this outsize little island.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, education, Nonfiction, Story
The Battle Over Teaching Chicago’s Schools About Police Torture and Reparations
A little-known city law has educators figuring out how to talk to eighth and tenth grade students about the history of Chicago police abuse.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Class Dismissed
When she attends an elite private college on scholarship, Alison Stine discovers that education isn’t quite the equalizer she expected it to be.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Diabetes in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley: ‘The Inevitable Inheritance’
“We’re literally cutting people’s limbs off, when they could just be taking medication. It’s kind of crazy in a developed country.”
Posted ineducation, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Technology
‘I Was Restricting Myself to This One Country All This Time’: An Immigrant’s Search for Work in the U.S.
As a result of Trump-era immigration policies, fewer highly skilled and educated legal immigrants — like 26-year-old Akirt Sridharan from India — are being hired by U.S. companies, despite their qualifications.
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A Lover’s Blues: The Unforgettable Voice of Margie Hendrix
Remembering the woman who outsang Ray Charles.
