I love this TikTok that my student @itsjust_fatimah made for her final ENGL 200 project, which was to interact with a text in a creative way. She chose @KieseLaymon's Heavy. @NIUEnglish#books#memoirs#remotelearning
Kyle Rittenhouse, accused of murder, has been released on $2M cash bail.
As a public defender, I represented teenagers unable to post $500-$5000 cash bail for things like theft or drug sale.
Money bail doesn’t make us safer. It just rewards the wealthy and well-connected.
It’s not just “poverty” that makes Black people predisposed to the worst effects of COVID...it’s also the way Black patients are less likely to be believed, are seen as uncooperative & whose pain is not taken seriously. The cumulative consequences of being seen as undeserving.
Please help me help this former student and SEL superstar finish at her dream school. She has such an inspiring story. #sel
I will match the first $1800 in donations.
https://t.co/dlk4eZFDQE
If you genuinely want to help #RealCollege students succeed, then you need to do some reading beyond the usual student affairs lit. Here’s a start at a syllabus.
Today in Syria: Russia takes control of main U.S. military facility abandoned earlier this week by American forces on Trump’s orders. This area is south of Kobani and went to Russia under the Putin-Erdogan deal. Russia now also owns the airstrip we built.