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Issue 49, Spring 2015

Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

Sixteen pages front to back, Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story sported a 10-cent cover price and featured 1950s mainstream studio style art when it went to press in December 1957. The publication date was

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Issue 51, Fall 2015

Toolkit for "The Young and the Registered"

Organizing and participating in a voter registration drive can be a powerful civics lesson for students. This toolkit lists suggestions on how you can help organize a student-led drive at your school.

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"It's Time to Pick Up Where Dr. King Left Off"

Michael Dunn, a white male, shot and killed Jordan Davis, an unarmed African-American male, while Davis was in a parked vehicle at a gas station. This segment from 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets profiles various perspectives regarding the role that race played in the killing.

Marc Silver

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9-12

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Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

August 19, 2016

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June 1, 2017

Proposed Medicaid Funding Cuts Could Devastate Special Education

The U.S. House’s proposed health care bill sends a clear message that special education mandates aren’t on its funding priority list.

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Rights & Activism

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Escalating U.S. Poverty Rate Sends Shockwaves

This 2010 news segment considers the cause and impact of the rising poverty level in the United States.

NBC Learn

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6-8 9-12

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Class

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History

Economics

July 7, 2014

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Issue 24, Fall 2003

Out of the Shadows

Adoptive families seek to transform classroom strategies.

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Class Bullying & Bias

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

Planting Seeds, Growing Diversity

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STEM classes have long been dominated by white males. Here are ways to make these fields more attractive to girls and students of color.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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May 6, 2015

Seeing ALL Identities of LGBTQ Youth of Color

A boy, his face covered by his hair and hand, is pictured outside in snowy weather

Giovanni Blair McKenzie gave this speech about supporting LGBTQ youth of color and “interlocking forms of discrimination” at the 2015 Human Rights Campaign’s Time to THRIVE conference.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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March 27, 2019

Hate at School: February 2019

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Instead of lessons about black history and culture, February brought slurs, blackface, threats and even violence at some U.S. schools.

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Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Loretta J. Ross

Loretta J. Ross is a Visiting Professor of Practice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University teaching "Reproductive Justice Theory and Practice" and "Race and Culture in the U.S." for the 2018-2019 academic year. Previously, she was a Visiting Professor at Hampshire College in Women's Studies for the 2017-2018 academic year teaching "White Supremacy in the Age of Trump." She was a co-founder and the National Coordinator of the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective from 2005-2012, a network founded in 1997 of women of color and allied organizations

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