Announcing The Blue Tide’s new January 6th single: “Right Time (To Sing the Blues)”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvFE9jv1_Io Announcing The Blue Tide's new single: Right Time (To Sing the Blues)I am excited to announce that today the band I started with my lifelong friend Daniel Rapport--The Blue Tide--is releasing our new single, "Right Time (To Sing the Blues)." The song is part of our Plague Blues album that will drop in early 2022 …

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Our Opt-Out Letter: “These standardized tests can’t measure our son”

This is the opt-out letter we wrote for our son. I sent it to the principal of my son's middle school asking that he be dismissed from the Smarter Balanced test, explaining our reasoning, and attempting to build common cause in a struggle for a larger purpose for education. While this letter is deeply personal to me and describes a lot of the very specific reasons why my son won't be taking these tests, I encourage you to meditate on your own children's beautiful qualities and then write your own opt-out letter to your school principal.

We Love You George Floyd. We Got You This October 14th #TeachTruth National Day of Action for Your Birthday.

As a kickoff to the 2021-2022 "Black Lives Matter at School Year of Purpose," we call on you to join a National Day of Action to #TeachTruth about structural racism and oppression on Thursday, October 14, 2021--George Floyd's birthday.

Young People Take Center Court in ‘The Kaepernick Effect’

Dave Zirin’s extraordinary new book is devoted to telling how student athletes across the country joined a historic social movement for Black lives.

Meet Mia Dabney, Aneesa Roidad, & KyRi Miller–2021 “Black Education Matters Student Activist Award” Winners!

KyRi Miller, Aneesa Roidad, and Mia Dabney are the 2021 Black Education Matters Student Activist Award winners--find out how they are changing the world!