George Joseph

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George Joseph is a reporting fellow at Demos.

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Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’

New databases are being built for this experimental surveillance.

Aug 23, 2017 / Aaron Miguel Cantú and George Joseph

Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident

Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident

The activist, Jose LaSalle, used a set of apps to record the police, and has shared those recordings with The Nation.

Apr 3, 2017 / George Joseph

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Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue Letters From the August 29-September 5, 2016, Issue

Each one teach one…

Aug 11, 2016 / Our Readers and George Joseph

Fethullah Gulen reading

The Man Accused of Inspiring Turkey’s Coup Is Behind the Largest Charter-School Chain in America The Man Accused of Inspiring Turkey’s Coup Is Behind the Largest Charter-School Chain in America

The schools have been investigated for corruption.

Jul 19, 2016 / StudentNation / George Joseph

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

In India, school funding is sorely lacking, but Teach for India just wants to transform attitudes.

Jul 1, 2016 / Feature / George Joseph

Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools?

Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools? Why Has Charter School Violence Spiked at Double the Rate of Public Schools?

Meanwhile, charter advocates continue to criticize the safety of traditional public schools.

Mar 9, 2016 / StudentNation / George Joseph

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The Struggle to Unionize Within LA’s Biggest Charter Chain The Struggle to Unionize Within LA’s Biggest Charter Chain

And the lengths that Alliance College-Ready Public Schools will go to stop it.

Mar 1, 2016 / George Joseph

NAACP Minneapolis President Nekima Levy-Pounds speaks during a vigil in front of the Minneapolis Police Department's fourth precinct in Minneapolis.

Black Lives Matter Activists Are Shot While Trump Is Busy Sharing a Neo-Nazi Graphic on Twitter Black Lives Matter Activists Are Shot While Trump Is Busy Sharing a Neo-Nazi Graphic on Twitter

In Minneapolis, armed assailants shot up a Black Lives Matter event while police stood by. The violence is part of a pattern.

Nov 24, 2015 / George Joseph

9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story

9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story 9 Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools—Here’s Their Story

A Nation investigation reveals how a group of hedge funders are about to get exactly what they paid for.

Mar 19, 2015 / George Joseph

Black Lives Matter—at School, Too

Black Lives Matter—at School, Too Black Lives Matter—at School, Too

In the wake of the Ferguson uprising, black students nationwide are indicting the state violence they face in American education everyday.

Jan 19, 2015 / George Joseph

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