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      Casey DeSantis wears a leather jacket that reads "Where Woke Goes To Die"

      Woke Is the New Red

      In the 1950s “communist” was the slur of choice to attack those focused on equity, particularly for people of color.

      Frances Moore Lappé
      Aug 20, 2023

      Over half of Republicans agree that “fighting woke ideology in our schools and businesses” is more important than protecting Social Security and Medicare, finds a recent Wall Street Journalsurvey.

      “Florida is where woke comes to die,” brags the state’s governor Ron DeSantis, “woke” is “basically a war on the truth.” Under the banner of anti-woke, he enacted sweeping limitations on what can be taught in public schools, a six-week abortion ban, and America’s cruelest anti-trans policies.

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      Progressive Senators Urge Education Department to End Legacy, Donor Preferences in College Admissions

      "Colleges and universities are a path towards opportunity, but this opportunity should not be locked behind an ivory tower."

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 15, 2023

      A trio of progressive New England senators on Monday called on U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to use his powers "to even the playing field for college applicants by helping to end preferential treatment" for higher education aspirants who are the children of alumni and donors.

      "In its June decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the United States Supreme Court once again overturned decades of settled precedent, this time gutting the use of affirmative action in college admissions," Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote in a letter to Cardona made public Tuesday.

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      First Lady Michelle Obama meets with students in graduation garb.

      As Affirmative Action Dies, How Can Fairness Thrive?

      To right the wrongs of the Supreme Court decision, let us rethink access to higher-ed from the bottom up.

      Frances Moore Lappé
      Graham Backman
      Aug 09, 2023

      Could the death of affirmative action stir us to face the many barriers to educational equity hiding in plain sight?

      Among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries we rank sixth, just behind the U.K., in “most educated population.” Not bad, but we can do better. Standing in our way is the daunting cost of higher education combined with income inequality more extreme than in 110 nations. Such inequality most harms Americans of color: a group whose poverty rate in 2019 was more than double that of non-Hispanic white Americans.

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