cool Tumblr from PBS News Hour: ‘The State of Our Union’ 

This project from the team at PBS News Hour collects diverse opinions on the state our union, what we are most concerned about this year. Anyone can submit and those submissions are punctuated by more formal pieces by PBS News Hour. Our friend at PBS Mike Fritz created a piece on our very own Richard Ross, ‘More people engaged in finding solutions rather than blame.’ 

Read Ross’s thoughts on the State of Our Union, and check out the Tumblr, HERE.

via Socialistworker.org: ‘The not-so-random violence in U.S cities’

‘”It’s very painful to see your big sister get slaughtered,” said the 10-year-old brother of Hadiya Pendleton, relaying his devastation at the murder last month of the 15-year-old African American high school student in Chicago,’ Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Socialist Worker. What it follows is … Read More »

Last week PBS Newshour aired a piece on Juvenile-in-Justice and education for youth in confinement. You can read the article here and watch the video piece below. Big thanks to Michael Fritz and April Brown at PBS.