Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still suffering from the effects of the disaster, with low-income and minority neighborhoods disproportionately affected due to decades of segregation, redlining, and inadequate disaster planning.
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Why We Need More Diverse Special Education Teachers
Teachers of color have been shown to have a positive impact on all students, including students of color with disabilities, yet the special education teacher workforce remains overwhelmingly white, with the proportion of special education teachers of color remaining static even as the student population becomes more diverse.
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The African Activists Who Challenged Colonial-Era Slavery
African activists used letters, print culture, imperial pressure points, and personal networks to oppose practices that had kept thousands of Africans in bondage, demonstrating the power of marginalised communities to compel power-holders to close the gap between laws and lived reality.
Posted inFinance
Could Universal Rental Assistance Solve the Housing Crisis?
Expanding rental assistance to all eligible low-income households would be an effective way to solve the rental affordability crisis, as evidenced by the fact that 54% of renters in the U.S. are cost-burdened and that even a 25% drop in rents would not significantly reduce this burden.
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Are Traditional College Majors Still Relevant in Today’s Economy?
Colleges and universities are struggling to survive due to declining enrollment, rising tuition, and skepticism about the value of a college degree, and are responding by adding new high-demand majors and allowing students to bundle smaller modules into a customizable, modular major.