Our Segregated Playrooms

Late last month, Clayton Early Learning, one of the top-rated child care programs in Colorado, said that it will close one of its two facilities, serving the far northeast Denver,…

Racism Hurts All of Us

In 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson was campaigning for president, he proposed ending poverty. A goal so audacious is unimaginable in today’s political climate—from politicians on either side of the…

Suspension: ‘It’s Not a Good Practice For Any Child’

Three-year-olds refuse to put their clothes on when you ask them to. They knock things over and don’t clean up properly. They might hit or pinch or throw themselves on…

How a Powerful, Principled Press Makes Us Healthier

Ten years ago, I was blacklisted in China. I had been working for the Committee to Protect Journalists, where my job was to document attacks on journalists in Asia. It…