Category: Wisdom

  • Once upon a time, America assassinated its changemakers with bullets. They killed Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr.—leaders who dared to call the nation to a higher moral ground. But physical violence has a cost. It leaves martyrs and monuments. So today’s power structure has evolved. In the age of media saturation and…

    The New Assassination: Silencing ChangeMakers with Smears
  • If you missed it live, I joined education advocate and host Leonie Haimson on WBAI’s “Talk Out of School” to sound the alarm on a growing threat to American education. This wasn’t your average policy chat—it was a serious conversation about how Donald Trump and his political allies are dragging education into a new Dark Age, dismantling the very pillars…

    Trump’s New Dark Age: What You Missed on “Talk Out of School”
  • Across the country, we’re witnessing an unprecedented and highly coordinated campaign to undermine public education, suppress civil rights protections, and target historically marginalized communities under the false banners of “freedom” and “parental rights.” At the center of this movement is a push to defund and dismantle the U.S. Department of Education—the federal agency charged with enforcing…

    The NAACP Is Suing the U.S. Department of Education—Here’s Why Every Parent, Educator, and Student Should Be Paying Attention
  • On Sunday, April 20 at 7 PM EST, I’ll be joining Leonie Haimson on WBAI 99.5 FM’s Talk Out of School to discuss one of the most urgent questions facing American public education today: Is Trump forcing education into a new Dark Age? That’s not just a rhetorical question. It’s a serious inquiry into the political and ideological project underway—a…

    Talk Out of School: Is Trump Forcing Education Into a New Dark Age?
  • The headline sounds like a dystopian satire. But it’s real. It’s happening. And it’s happening now. “Maya Angelou Is Out but Mein Kampf Stays at the Naval Academy Library,” reported The New York Times. Let that sink in. According to the Times, an order from the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—yes, that Pete Hegseth the former weekend FoxNews Host—triggered a…

    At Naval Academy: Maya Angelou Out. Mein Kampf In. This Is Not Okay.

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