As in any other playoff, candidate rhetoric let loose during the U.S. presidential race can be tough. We’ve held a front row seat to the 2012 showdown for over a year, with tensions still rising as the general election looms nearer. Some of the barbs launched along the campaign trail have been laughable: Newt Gingrich’s television ad incriminating Mitt Romney for his ability to speak French comes to mind. Others are not. The dialogue surrounding U.S. poverty and inequality, two issues that are hotter than ever during a deep recession that the nation has shown incapable of simply shaking off [...]
Racism
Racism still plagues education
OPINION: One of the obstacles that black schoolchildren must overcome is the belief, even among sympathetic educators, that the disadvantages they face are insurmountable and they cannot excel academically. In reality, good teaching, not race, determines the difference between failure and success. »