By Julia Nelson Imagine a randomized controlled trial that studied whether a particular medicine was more effective when delivered by a red or a green syringe. Such an experiment is so obviously pointless because (most of the time, anyway) we are confident that it is...
By Robert L. Woodson Sr. We must study and invest in grassroots work that raises marriage rates. Brad Wilcox has written an important new book in which he explores how strong marriages benefit individuals and society in virtually every way imaginable. I thank him for...
By Bob Woodson In 44 public schools in Chicago, not a single student is performing in math at grade level. In 24 Chicago schools, not a single student is reading at grade level. In Baltimore, not a single student at 13 of its public high schools — 40 percent of the...
Pervasive wrongdoing can activate community ‘antibodies,’ local leaders and groups that tackle local problems. By Robert L. Woodson Sr. I was born in segregated Philadelphia in 1937. When I was growing up amid ruthless discrimination, the young and elderly could still...
The Day of National Concern was created to encourage students to acknowledge the importance of their own choices when it comes to breaking cycles of violence in their communities by choosing to solve conflict in...
In this history lesson, you will learn about the epic life and exemplary character of Biddy Mason, a woman who was born into slavery in the Deep South, walked to California as part of a pioneer caravan, fought for her...
In this history lesson, you will learn about the ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of Elijah McCoy, a prolific inventor who held 57 patents, mostly on designs related to locomotives. Born in Canada and educated in...
In January 1863, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, and the Union Army began recruiting Black Americans to fight the Civil War. Thousands answered the call. Soldiers of the 54th...
Having experienced the profound racial disparities in the rural South firsthand, writer and education reformer Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) dreamed of a school-building project for Black communities that could help...
By Robert L. Woodson Sr. {Ibram X. Kendi, the author of "How to be an Antiracist," founded Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research in the summer of 2020.Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images} Ibram X. Kendi’s Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University appears...
