Category: Wisdom
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Fourteen years ago, Gina Hinojosa was a mother fighting to save her son’s elementary school. Today, she is preparing to govern Texas. Sometimes the most extraordinary political journeys begin with something as ordinary, and as powerful, as a mother’s love. In 2011, facing severe budget pressures compounded by inadequate state funding, the Austin Independent School…
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The people knew the assignment. Three memorials. Two cities. Hundreds of “I Voted” stickers. In Minneapolis, voters left stickers at memorials for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed by federal agents in January. In Houston, they did the same for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a construction worker and father of three killed by an ICE officer.…
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Becerra in California. Hinojosa in Texas. Kansas. Iowa. Maine. Michigan. and more. The people knew the assignment. And the earth has shaken. I am overwhelmed by the sun shining on my face today. Not simply by the election results, but by what this moment represents for generations of families who have fought to be heard,…
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It is the middle of the night, and I am too emotional to sleep. Texas actually turned blue. Gina Hinojosa has been elected governor. James Talarico has won a United States Senate seat and so much more up and down the ballot. I keep looking at the results, overwhelmed with joy for people I have…
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This Halloween 🎃 , I want to tell you some truly scary stories about school vouchers, charter schools, segregation, and the future of public education. As a scholar who has spent more than two decades researching educational equity, school choice, privatization, accountability, and their consequences for historically marginalized communities, I was invited to Tulsa this…
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