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February 4, 2019

When Our Leaders Let Us Down

Ralph and Pam Northam behind a podium at a press conference.

How do we talk to our students about incidents like last week’s Ralph Northam blackface photograph scandal?

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Issue 65, Fall 2020

What We’re Watching

Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!

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Issue 57, Fall 2017

Big Ideas for Social Studies Learners

Meet Mitch Bickman. His innovative social studies curriculum is inspiring thoughtful dialogue among kids of all ages.

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November 3, 2017

Hate at School: October 2017

Young African-American Child Sitting Against Locker

We tracked 90 hate incidents at schools in October alone—and that’s only what made the news. Just as important is the way schools respond, and in most cases, those responses don’t measure up.

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Bullying & Bias

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April 3, 2019

The Problem With the “Disney Version of History”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. being detained and arrested by uniformed police officers.

We can celebrate Dr. King and interrupt the idea that our progress toward justice has been continuous and inevitable.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 46, Spring 2014

Toolkit for Tongue-Tied

This toolkit shows how Teaching Tolerance’s Critical Practices for Anti-bias Education can help foster safe and effective instruction about the sensitive and serious topic of slavery.

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Marilyn Elias, a Los Angeles journalist, is a frequent contributor to publications of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Her work has been honored with awards from the American Psychological Assn., the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Council on Contemporary Families and Mental Health America.

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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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Issue 39, Spring 2011