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Artist, author and educator Gene Luen Yang speaks with LFJ (formerly Teaching Tolerance) about teaching, comics and the importance of diverse characters.

One-sixth of American children live in poverty. Experienced teachers offer a formula for change.

Historical and contemporary Japanese-Mexican collaboration leads to a theatrical performance. Replicate the play at your school.

Hundreds of guest workers are lured to the United States under false pretenses. They are ruthlessly exploited by the labor contractors who bring them here. Their U.S. employer turns a blind eye to this exploitation. And the contractor bullies the workers into paying fees and taking out loans that keep them in virtual slavery.

Sometimes teaching at my magnet arts school in Alabama, I can imagine the worst days of racism and intolerance are behind us. Most of the roughly 500 students have genuine, deep friendships across racial lines and very rarely do the old racist memes and tropes raise their ugly heads.

Teaching Tolerance director Maureen Costello advises educators not to shy away from teaching this election.

Have you ever noticed the toolkit icon at the bottom of a TT magazine story? Have you ever “opened” it?