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From punishing slaves who learned to read and write to the Black-white achievement gap, K-12 education in America was never built for Black children. Instead of depending on schools to change, Black parents should take matters into their own hands and educate — and affirm — Black education themselves.

Black Children Aren’t Broken. America’s Education System Is

by Sharif El-Mekki January 6, 2026January 7, 2026

Smoke and Stack, the twin roles Michael B. Jordan played in “Sinners,” were two different people, with a separation so clean I often forgot it was just one actor.

Timothée Chalamet, Michael B. Jordan, and the ‘Tell’ of Awards Season

by Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier January 6, 2026January 6, 2026

The dismantling of affirmative action in college admissions has had an unforeseen consequence: fewer white men are getting into college. Less educated white men are President Donald Trump's core constituency; a policy that creates more of them plays into the hands of the age-old "pickpocket" strategy of conservative elites.

D.E.Irony: Fewer White Men in College Keeps MAGA in Power

by Rann Miller December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Classrooms should be places of opportunity, not obstacles. But for many students with disabilities, especially students of color and English learners, school often reinforces the inequities it’s supposed to erase.

Why Tracking Racial Disparities in Special Education Still Matters

by Hal Smith, Jenny Muniz and Nicole Fuller December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

An activist holds a U.S. flag during a rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on October 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Louisiana v. Callais, a major case concerning a congressional map that created a second majority-Black district in Louisiana. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

In Redistricting Wars, Black and Brown Voters Stand to Lose

by Shaylyn Cochran and Rob Weiner December 18, 2025December 18, 2025

A Black family celebrates Christmas

Regifting God’s Grace

by Dallas Weekly December 17, 2025December 17, 2025

A sign reading Cancel Student Debt is staged outside of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday February 28, 2023.

The Student Loan Crisis Is About to Get Worse

by Braxton Brewington December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

We have to call out the increasingly blatant bigotry of the right — like President Trump’s calling Somali Americans “garbage” — or risk accepting it as the new normal.

I Wanted the Holidays to Drown Out Trump. Then Came Another Racist Rant

by Erin Aubry Kaplan December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

cheerful fluffy african american girl looking happy holding magic wand in hands, laughing, isolated on white studio background. portrait. people diversity, african ethnicity, childhood concept

Six Things Child Care Organizers Want You to Know

by Jennifer R. Farmer December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

First responders with the Providence Fire Department maneuver an empty stretcher near the Barus & Holley building, home to the engineering and physics departments and the site of a mass shooting, at Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13, 2025. A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others in the afternoon of December 13 at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large.

I Came of Age at College. I Fear for My Grandchildren There

by Frances Murphy (Toni) Draper December 15, 2025December 15, 2025