anti-racism

After the recent mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, new attention has been called to the fears that Muslims experience every day. Just

The sun can’t reach you but face-hugging and acid-spewing aliens can. Welcome, you’ve arrived at LV-426. Or have you? [pullquote]The drama club at New Jers

A super selective public high school in New York handed out acceptance letters to 895 kids like how Oprah was handing out cars to her audience members back

At my small high school in East St. Louis, Illinois, going away to college was not accessible to all. The few most promising students were pushed toward an

Affirmative action: For years, some people have balked at it, while others have been actively trying to dismantle it. But we need to embrace it, full stop.

Everybody’s talking about the college admissions scam so I guess I’ll jump on the bandwagon. So here’s what happened. The FBI conducted an investigation wh

On a cold December evening in Gwinnett County, Georgia, my mother and I rushed to find good seats in the auditorium of the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional

When you grow up as I did with meager means—with a household income of less than $50,000 for a family of five—you pinch pennies, frequent garage sales and

While 33 wealthy, powerful parents, including the two B-list but well-known actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, were paying off coaches and testi