Category Archives: Race & immigration

Justice

“NJ schools are intensely segregated along racial and class lines. The concentration of poverty is extreme. In Abbott districts, racial minorities makeup 90-95% of enrollments and students classified as in poverty represent 90-93%“ David Sciarra, Education Law Center *** Apologies … Continue reading

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Yale Does Schwarzenegger

Yalies embrace “Governator” over Nobel Laureate *** Apologies – NJ.Com took down the photos, which were originally published on my “NJ Voices” column at NJ.Com. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What assholes. Bill WolfeYale’s … Continue reading

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Obama Rocks Harrisburg – photos

*** Apologies – NJ.Com took down the photos, which were originally published on my “NJ Voices” column at NJ.Com. I was able to save the text, but not the photos. What assholes. I had a press pass for the Obama … Continue reading

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“Beyond Vietnam – A Time to Break Silence”

Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence Martin Luther King, Jr. “…There is at the outset a very obvious and almost facile connection between the war in Vietnam and the struggle I, and others, have been waging in America. … Continue reading

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How the Other Half Schools

“Long ago it was said that “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” That was true then. It did not know because it did not care.” Jacob Riis [1890] *** Apologies – NJ.Com took … Continue reading

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