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School Choice

Education Department Debate Is About Creating Anti-LGBTQ+ Worldview

Fact: MAGA Republicans want to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). It’s one of the few items on the to-do list of Trump’s Agenda 47 and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 (AKA “Agenda...

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Diversity

DEI Is The New N-Word

The terms/acronyms “woke,” “DEI,” and “CRT” are used in a derogatory way, interchangeably, as a coded language to signify or designate a Black person as either Black or the N-word. Political...

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equity

Beware of the “Rayguns” Breaking Things in the Nonprofit Sector

The memes, reenactment reels, and jokes are coming in with Lylesian speed after Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s breaking routine for Team Australia during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Her B-girl performance —...

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guns

My Former Student Was Murdered, Yet We Have to Find Hope in the Tragedy

On my wall hangs a huge, framed photograph of the members of Urban Prep Academies' first class at their graduation. It’s a candid portrait of young Black men from some of Chicago’s toughest...

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Diversity

DEI Is The Boogeyman Of Far Right Fairytales, But What Is It In Real Life?

To hear some MAGA folks talk about DEI sounds a lot like the scene in the first John Wick movie when Viggo explains to his son why they liken the unstoppable assassin to the mythical creature Baba...

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Black Excellence

Jayden Jackson: The Pre-Teen Lawn Care Pro Making a Difference

While many kids were enjoying their summer break, 12-year-old Jayden Jackson from Columbus, Georgia, was making a name for himself as an industrious young entrepreneur. Jayden, who recently finished...

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