September 26, 2014
Foreword Ken Bugul, Wolof for “one who is unwanted,” is the penname of Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma. Born in 1947 in Ndoucoumane, Senegal, Bugul...
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July 23, 2014
Two months ago I wrote a farewell op-ed for my school's newspaper, The Herald . The piece was addressed to Harold Washington College's...
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June 30, 2014
I’m an English teacher. Not the kind that orchestrates discussions about literature in a classroom. I teach English as a second language...
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April 21, 2014
Last week, the popular Facebook page Humans of New York featured a photograph of a white teacher in Harlem , the largely African-American...
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April 3, 2013
In a span of 100 minutes, Girl Rising , the new film by Academy Award nominee Richard Robbins, conveys the stories of nine diverse,...