Walmart Worker Arrested in Protest Explains Why She Took the Risk
Holiday shopping season is nearly upon us (or already here, if you’ve seen the inside of a department store…
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Julianne Hing
After Newtown, School Communities Brace for Another Influx of Police
It wasn’t just students who returned to school this week after their holiday break. In school districts around the…
The School-to-Prison Pipeline Gets Its First-Ever Airing in the Senate
Despite all the outrage the school-to-prison pipeline stirs, it rarely gets the attention it demands in national policy discussions.…
Hollywood Takes Up School Reform’s Latest Agenda in ‘Won’t Back Down’
Can a Hollywood movie spark a political movement? The nation is about to find out the answer with the…
Parent Fundraising Deepens Inequality in the New Public School Economy
Who can afford to set aside enlisting their schoolchildren to hawk gift wrap for school fundraisers so parents can…
The Coming Battle Down South: Latino Voters vs. Anti-Immigrant Lawmakers
Georgia found a way to top its own anti-immigrant lawmaking record this week when the state Senate voted on…
How Did 15-Year-Old Jakadrien Turner, a U.S. Citizen, Get Deported?
The troubling case of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen’s wrongful deportation has raised alarm about what immigration agents have long…
Scholars Eye SB 1070 as Among Court’s ‘Biggest Immigration Cases Ever’
On Monday the Supreme Court announced that it’s ready to settle the contentious dispute over whether states, and not…
New York, California Fight for Tuition Equity for Undocumented Students
In the wake of the bruising defeat of the DREAM Act a year go, undocumented immigrant youth determined to…
Welfare Reform Turns 15, But Here’s Why No One’s Celebrating
Welfare reform turned fifteen years old this week, but no one’s rolling out a birthday cake for the beleaguered…