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A New Horizon for English Language Education: How the Biden Administration Can Get it Right

May 25, 2021 sehrmatt 2400 Views

By Yezenia Sandoval For English Language Learners (ELLs), the appointment of Miguel Cardona, a former English Language Learner himself, as

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The “Gay Civil War”: How to Grapple With Public Shaming in a Health Crisis

April 11, 2021 sehrmatt 2985 Views

By Mark Minshen Lee When images of crowded house parties and pool romps at New York’s upscale Fire Island made

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The Health Equity Case for Reparations

March 9, 2021 sehrmatt 4344 Views

By Amani Echols Over the past year, racial health inequities have been pushed into the national spotlight. Prompted by the

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COVID-19 and the Crisis of Migrant Worker Housing

March 2, 2021 sehrmatt 4046 Views

By: Alexa Kort and Matthew Dunn   For migrant workers across the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an interrelated

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Criminal Fines are Taxes on the Poor

January 31, 2021 sehrmatt 4514 Views

By: Katherine Donelly A traffic ticket should not land you in prison–or in a lifetime of debt. But our current

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To Diversify STEM Graduate Programs, Eliminate the GRE

January 19, 2021 sehrmatt 7362 Views

By: Aníbal Tornés Blanco, Biology PhD student at the University of Michigan  If you have ever applied to a graduate

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Georgia’s Unique Runoff System, a Product of Institutional Racism

January 14, 2021 sehrmatt 5164 Views

By: Shaher Zakaria   Last Tuesday, all eyes were on the two Senate runoff elections in Georgia. Because the elections

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Vaccine Distribution Requires That Medical Establishment Reckon With Institutional Racism

January 4, 2021 sehrmatt 3018 Views

By: Trina Shanks, Phd, LMSW; Marquan Jackson, MSW; Alize Asberry Payne; and Patrick Meehan, PhD, MSW As the rollout of

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