February: Black history, justice, journalism
N. Dakota is beautiful in February, especially when student journalists move a press rights bill through the state legislature! It all started as a student project at the University of […]
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Flying forward to Spring, looking back…..
Sankofa, mythical bird of West Africa’s Akan people goes back to pick up what’s important, but keeps flying forward. What a time it is, with so many students saying, “We […]
October travels: Media Literacy, Freedom Summer, SPLC, Rob’t H Jackson
Democracy is more than one election, and students are finding many other ways to participate in the decisions affecting their lives. I met so many this October who are standing […]
Week in Review: Columbus, Portsmouth, Athens…Hello again, Ohio!
It was a great week in Ohio, with no shortage of controversy! First stop: Sept. 20: Law & Leadership Institute at Moritz Law School in Columbus, live-streamed to Akron, Cincinnati […]
The Constitution- Too Controversial for School? Happy Constitution Day!
Kids have great ideas, but without the First Amendment, we’ d never hear them. Chloe Olson-Rubiano had an idea… but her school thought it was too controversial. Free speech […]
Cesar Chavez students at Senate hearing on DC Statehood
Yesterday, at the Dirkson Senate Office Building, I met a group of middle students from Cesar Chavez middle school wearing “Statehood” buttons. When I asked them why, 12 […]
Back to school (for some)!
What a summer! From Ferguson to the border, from Congress testimony to White House vigils, kids took a stand. I met Rhaine when she spoke outside the White House on […]
