$23 Billion – The Wrenching Reality

U.S. News and World Report and CNN recently highlighted an EdBuild report that shows $23 billion dollars separate America’s white and nonwhite school districts.In other words,

“nonwhite school districts get $23 billion less than white districts despite serving the same number of students.”

More than half of all U.S. public school students are enrolled in racially concentrated school districts” which the EdBuild report defines as more than 75% white or nonwhite students. In addition, about 20% of students are enrolled in districts that are both poor and nonwhite, but just 5% of students live in white districts that are equally financially challenged. These conditions help create an average disparity in the U.S. of about 19% or $2,600 less per student in poor nonwhite school districts than those in affluent white ones.

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A Border Wall Only Imprisons Americans

By Michael Bryan I recently read an interview with author Luis Alberto Urrea in the Tucson Weekly’s coverage of the upcoming Tucson Festival of Books and was struck by what Mr. Urrea said about the border wall in Nogales. It is applicable to the entire project of building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico: … Read more

Take Michael Cohen’s chilling warning seriously

During the 2016 general election, Donald Trump made the central theme of his campaign the unsupported notions that there would be mass voter fraud and that the election was “rigged” against him to explain his expected impending loss. There was genuine concern that if Trump lost, some of his backers would resort to mass protests, … Read more

Some key takeaways from Michael Cohen’s testimony

Some key takeaways from Michael Cohen’s testimony: 1. Michael Cohen brought receipts to corroborate the charges to which he pleaded guilty, i.e., that “Individual-1” — Donald Trump — “coordinated with and directed him” to commit a felony by making hush-money (bribery) payments to Trump’s illicit sexual paramours to “catch and kill” their stories in the … Read more

Free documentary “A New Society” at the Loft Cinema

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 at 3:00PM | FREE ADMISSION at the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd, Tucson The showing of the documentary will be followed by a remarks by Noam Chomsky, Marc Fleurbaey, Thomas Christiano, Leslye Obiora, and Eldar Shafir. “The crisis of democracy and capitalism in recent decades, in the rich countries, has generated … Read more