The other day I watched the documentary True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality. https://twitter.com/eji_org/status/1143251611801804800 Now if
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Last week, a group of Californians got what Dolly Hunt called their “Martin Luther King moment.” https://twitter.com/PeeplesChoice85/status/113123755636697
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Recently, when I announced the release of my newest book on charter schools, a woman I know from the gym wrote me: “So sorry, Sarah—but as a PUBLIC SCHOOL
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