Racial Justice 101

In a presidential election year, few issues inspire more citizen anguish and less political substance than public education. This year is no exception.

The Editors

Disinterestedness Dies

When, in 1980, George Will was discovered to be coaching Ronald Reagan on debating tactics one minute and pronouncing him a “thoroughbred performer” the next, journalists professed to be shocked

Eric Alterman

School Colors

How can we respond most effectively to right-wing assaults on the premises of public education?

Amy Wilkins: The way that you deal with th

Luis Garden Acosta, Lisa Delpit, Harold Levy, Adam Urbanski, Deborah Wei, Amy Wilkins and Herbert Kohl

Giving Charter Schools a Chance

Ask a supporter of charter schools whether that vogue new concept holds promise for inner-city children.

Jonathan Schorr

Who’s Vouching for Vouchers?

Cammillia Mays is an African-American single parent who, like millions of parents across the country, faced a difficult decision when her daughter turned 4 years old.

Barbara Miner

Testing, Testing

With education among the electorate’s top priorities, the phrase “higher standards” has become ubiquitous in political campaigns across the country.

Gary Orfield and Johanna Wald

Memory Lapses From Ted Olson

Robert Scheer

Underground Against the Taliban

The atrocities of the Afghan Taliban toward women have been widely reported in the Western press: women banned from work; forbidden to leave their homes unless shrouded in the burkha, a voluminou

Katha Pollitt

The NRA Wants You

Research assistance was provided by the Elections 2000 Fund of the Nation Institute.

Bob Dreyfuss

The Details of Life

This article is adapted from Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope (Crown).

Jonathan Kozol