By Maggie Grether The notice from the Department of the Interior arrived in the middle of the workday. Alexa Sendukas, a managing attorney at the Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project, opened her inbox to a notice…
Protecting San Diego immigrant communities from ICE By Roberto Camacho In the early-morning twilight on a cool Friday in April, a half dozen people gathered in a small parking lot in the San Diego neighborhood…
A transgender immigrant’s illegal detention in Guantanamo By Mira Lazine Legal organizations filed multiple declarations last month on behalf of documented immigrants illegally sent to Guantanamo Bay (‘Gitmo’), an infamous military prison known for torturing…
Holistic approach transforming parent involvement for the better By Jeff Bryant Both common sense and research seem to conclude that parent involvement matters a lot for student success and even for improving schools in general….
By Tik Root As the torrent of rain slowed, then faded, the Vermont Green FC surged. The team had already turned a one-goal deficit into a 5-3 lead over AC Connecticut when, in the waning…
Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets? By Sonali Kolhatkar The year 2022 was the deadliest year on record in the United States for fatalities at the hands of law enforcement. According to the Washington…
By Eva Talmadge When Fauzia Bajwa, a retired software developer who lives in St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, received an invitation to participate in something called a citizens’ assembly, her first impulse was to write the letter off…
Libraries, as they exist in the twenty-first century, are the only remaining public domain. By Linda Stack-Nelson I will absolutely be the first person to romanticize libraries. I come from a home with thirty-two bookcases…
By Shawgi Tell Privately-operated charter schools in the United States have a long record of failure. They have been over-promising and under-delivering for decades. Over the years, many people, especially low-income minority parents living in…
The DIY air cleaners are effective, inexpensive, safe, and easy to build. Read the article at the School Library Journal.