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Andre Perry

Christian Conservatives are Trying to Turn Their Bigoted Policies into Higher Education Law

How Teachers Should Talk to Students About Trump’s Racism

Tolerating Failing Schools in New Orleans — So Long as They’re for Black Kids

Higher Education Must Stand Up for Puerto Rico

Attacking DACA During a National Tragedy is Divisive and Un-Neighborly

When the Firing of a Principal Raises Bigger Questions Than One Person’s Bigotry

Betsy DeVos Should Know Robbing Peter to Pay Paul is a Sin in Education

Poor Whites Just Realized They Need Education Equity as Much as Black Folk

Put More Gender Studies in Schools’ Sex Ed Courses

A New Test That No Student Would Dread — One That Leads to Citizenship

Can the House Clerk Lead a Midterm Coup?

Who Are the “Trump Regretters”?

Barney Frank’s Last Harsh Warning to the Left

Who Enabled Trump’s Second Act?

Europe Struggles to Respond to Russian Attacks

The Tower Stones of 9/11

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