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The pandemic exacerbated a preexisting and long-standing shortage of teachers. The shortage is, instead, the result of a lack of qualified teachers willing to work in what has long been a highly stressful job for compensation that is well below what is available to college-educated workers in other professions.

Conservatives are obsessed with a patriotism litmus test rigged against Black Americans.

Uncontrolled education, trans rights, cleaning up corruption — and other woke agenda items

A world without Black Twitter is a world void of robust, rapid and authentic information sharing on police brutality within the Black community.

Post-midterms turning points as culture clashes get physical

A federal judge in Florida partially blocked a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis designed to limit the discussion of racism and privilege in schools and workplace training.

No matter what becomes of Donald Trump, the forces of intolerance, racism, and belligerence he harnessed in American politics will persist.

If you can’t rein in the police, you can’t save democracy

The Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action revealed just how weak the right-wing position is—but the GOP justices will overturn the policy anyway.