When mainstream feminists criticize Michelle Obama for embracing the Mom-in-Chief title instead of pursuing what they consider to be more substantive issues, they fail to understand the history of a group of women who were long denied the luxury of spending time on their children’s well-being. ...

  As the nation honors its educators for National Teacher Day on May 7, people in the field find themselves increasingly under fire. As many of America’s public school teachers face layoffs, the country’s politicians and public could be accused of giving lip service to the importance of education as teachers’ authority is dismantled in the classroom. Already derided for “only” working nine months a yea ...

A recent documentary about teenagers who were blamed for a major crime that occurred over 20 years ago inadvertently provides lessons, particularly for members of the media, in the wake of the bombing in Boston. ...

Renowned surgeon Dr. Ben Carson is the latest conservative hero for those on the right wing seeking their own African American alternative to President Obama. ...

When the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law in 2001, both Democrats and Republicans celebrated what was characterized as the end of low academic expectations projected onto lower income school children. ...

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For decades, Americans have been told they can live a better life if they pursue higher education. ...

The trial and subsequent conviction of two Steubenville, Ohio high school football players in the rape of a 16-year-old girl has generated numerous opinions. ...

The Voting Rights Act was necessitated by years of post-civil war disenfranchisement of black citizens’ rights. In the southern states, would be black voters risked a brutal form of death for having the audacity of trying to exercise their rights as citizens. ...

As feminists herald the start of March as Women’s History Month, recent events remind us that not all history is acknowledged, celebrated or even rectified. ...