I do think that lack of employment and poverty are the biggest if not the main reason for all of the crimes in this country. The reason why a man goes out to sell drugs to his own people is because he needs the money to either feed his children or to just help his family. And because he doesn't...

Over the past hundred years, the United States has tried to evolve toward a country of accepted diversity. Yet throughout time it seems that whenever the United States takes a step forward toward universal acceptance of all races, they take two steps back toward racial profiling and discrimi...

For schools to become foundations of social justice, educators need to promote and practice what Ladson-Billings calls cultural relevant pedagogy. The three essential components of a cultural relevant pedagogy include academic achievement, cultural competence, and social-political consciousness. Edu...