by courageousadmin | Dec 6, 2016 | Race
By Emmanuel Felton—Nov. 3, 2016 What will it take to get more black teachers to stay in the classroom? School administrators will have to explicitly address the racial biases and stereotyping that stifle black educators’ professional growth, argue researchers Ashley...
by courageousadmin | Dec 6, 2016 | Race
By Ed Diokno—Nov. 24, 2016 The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit this week against Bernards Township, New Jersey, alleging that the township violated a federal act which protects religious groups from discrimination in zoning and other land use laws. The...
by courageousadmin | Dec 6, 2016 | Race
Nov. 24, 2016 Maori and Pacific medical students have graduated in record numbers this year, the University of Auckland says. They made up one fifth of the 215 new doctors from the university’s November graduation. Between Auckland and Otago universities, there...
by courageousadmin | Nov 23, 2016 | Race
By Michelle Ye Hee Lee—Nov. 11, 2016 The first email calling me a “b‑‑‑‑” for my Pinocchio rating came early in the election season, when there were so many presidential candidates it was hard to keep track. I showed it to my colleague and editor Glenn Kessler. He was...
by courageousadmin | Nov 23, 2016 | Race
By Akiba Solomon—Nov. 11, 2016 It has been more than three years since #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for a movement. While centering Black communities and resistance, #BlackLivesMatter galvanized not only Black organizers, it challenged people of all races...
by courageousadmin | Nov 22, 2016 | Race
By Laura Lorenzetti Soper—Oct. 19, 2016 Edith Cooper has spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, growing from the energy-trading division to become the global head of human capital management. She’s the hiring gatekeeper for the investment bank — and part of the...
by courageousadmin | Oct 27, 2016 | Race
By Nosheen Iqbal—Oct 20, 2016 Lupita Nyong’o is, rumour suggests, a nightmare. Difficult. Cold. Prone to making heavy demands. She also quite famously won an Oscar for her first film straight out of Yale School of Drama, just three years ago. So, you might expect a...
by courageousadmin | Oct 27, 2016 | Race
By John Metta—Oct 10, 2016 My memories of that long ago are like found photographs, all sepias and faded greens. A cold, silent room. Bright white lights and blue sheets that smelled like my grandma’s house. A sewing needle and scissors on a steel table. A man...
by courageousadmin | Oct 27, 2016 | Race
Oct 7, 2016 This summer, five exceptional high school students from diverse backgrounds and four different states (California, Maryland, Ohio and Washington, D.C.) who wanted to learn about the Japanese American experience and history during World War II tapped into...
by courageousadmin | Oct 26, 2016 | Race
Sep 24, 2016 Finland’s premier and a former president joined thousands of people across Finland on Saturday as part of demonstrations against violence, racism, and fascism. In Helsinki, police tweeted that around 15,000 people were taking part in the protest...
