What the Fight Against Classroom Censorship is Really About

As a former high school teacher and lawyer, I’ve seen what we stand to lose as a nation if we don’t stop classroom censorship.

High school students march in protest of the district's ban of critical race theory curriculum at Patricia H. Birdsall Sports Park in Temecula, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.

Why Access to Education is Key to Systemic Equality

Here’s how discrimination continues to impact access to safe, quality education today, and why we’re fighting to ensure all people have equal access.

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Back-to-School Basics: Public Schools Are Not Sunday Schools

No matter what state law may say, school staff can’t impose religion on students.

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Meet Mary Wood, a Teacher Resisting Censorship

As censorship and harassment spread across South Carolina, teachers are finding allies in their communities.

Teacher and activist against censorship, Mary Wood.

Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap

From homeownership to income, systemic inequities perpetuate disparities in wealth.

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Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81

The United States' interstate highway system is structural racism in action: an intentional government program that damaged Black lives and communities for generations.

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The Authoritarian Agenda Behind the Scheme to Attack Democracy and Abortion in Ohio

More than 3 million voters rejected an attempt to weaken their power, but our work is far from over.

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Idaho Wants to Jail Professors for Teaching About Abortion

Idaho’s No Public Funds for Abortion Act effectively strips professors of their First Amendment right to academic speech. We’re suing.

A professor in front of a class full of students.

Don't Let the Math Distract You: Together, We Can Fight Algorithmic Injustice

Why civil rights advocates should be involved in policy conversations about automated decision-making.

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