Category : News Talk

Michigan Moves to Pass Dyslexia Bills: A Leap Forward in Literacy Instruction

Michigan is on the brink of a significant breakthrough in literacy education, thanks to the relentless efforts of “science of reading” advocates who have propelled dyslexia bills further than ever before. These transformative bills, now in the Ho...

White Women Made A Killing From Slavery In America Too

This post was originally published on The Conversation.By: Trevon Logan: As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slav...

American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too

This post was originally published on The Conversation. By: Trevon Logan As the United States continues to confront the realities and legacy of slavery, Americans continue to challenge myths about the country’s history. One enduring myth is that slav...

Update on Supremacist Group Protest at South Dakota Capitol

A neo-Nazi white supremacist group held a surprise gathering and march on the Capitol Complex in Pierre Saturday afternoon. The group of about two dozen posed for a photo with a large swastika flag on the south steps of the Capitol then marched aro...

The Author’s Corner with Jeffrey S. Adler

Jeffrey S. Adler is Professor of History and Criminology and Distinguished Teaching Scholar at the University of Florida. This interview is based on his new book, Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality (U...

Poll shows that 79% of Americans worry about the spread of disinformation on Facebook and YouTube

Nearly 80% of Americans (79%) say that what they read online can contain “false or fake” information that’s deliberately disseminated “to confuse” — with people of color the most targeted, according to a new poll. Recently released by Free Press, a...

Racial weathering and its toll on generations of Black Americans

On a warm August afternoon in 2002, Bonnie Steele stood in the dining room of her family’s five-bedroom house, printing an essay for her evening theology class. She examined the homework beside an open window, where her north Minneapolis neighborhood...