The tragedy in Sandy Hook, Connecticut is so incomprehensible that the inclination is to describe it as shocking. But it’s not. Mother Jones recently documented over sixty instances of mass or spree murders in the last 30 years. I was … Continued
race
School Choice: As if Brown vs Board of Education Never Happened
Recently, Nashville Public School’s Board rejected a proposal to open a new charter school in a middle class neighborhood. One of the board members who voted against the proposal said it would have brought “us dangerously close to ‘separate but … Continued
Ecopolitics
Earth Day Will Not be Rooted in Immigrant Bashing
This Earth Day we must counter attempts to infiltrate our festivities. Anti-immigrant groups like California Population Stabilization (CAPS) and NumbersUSA are attempting to focus on overpopulation by specifically bashing immigrants and blaming them for environmental degradation. As environmentalists and activists, … Continued
Culture
Exhibit Provides Opportunity to Understand Race
www.understandingrace.org By Katie Irwin A few months ago I came across an exhibit about race by the American Anthropological Association and the Science Museum of Minnesota. It explains the realities and myths surrounding race, and how the concept has evolved … Continued