As Donald Trump leaves office, it’s worth remembering how he first launched his campaign: by calling immigrants “murderers” and “rapists.”
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Failing Students Need Support, Not Blame
As the semester ends, I fear many of my students will fail my class. Most will pass, thanks to their hard work and a generous grade curve, but I’ve never had this many students failing or dropping the course before.
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The Coming Battle Over Vaccines
With the new COVID-19 vaccine available, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can begin to achieve herd immunity by next summer. Herd immunity occurs when so many people are immune to the virus that it can’t spread, because an infected person won’t have anyone left to spread it to.
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We Need a Safety Net for Parents
This week my students turned in papers relating news articles to what they learned in class about parenting. Every single student’s paper is about how the pandemic is exacerbating pre-existing inequalities.
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Where Have I Heard These Trump Lines Before?
Rory McVeigh wrote The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, a study of the KKK in the 1920s, in 2009 — long before Donal Trump became president. But it could almost be about Trump today.
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Colleges Are Still in Uncharted Territory
In a few weeks, I begin my semester as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate sociology class. I am not sure what to expect.
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Whatever Your Survival Strategy Is, Do That
Strangely enough, navigating the world with mental illness has oddly prepared me for quarantine.
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A Death Sentence for Meatpackers
Meat processing plants are high risk for spreading COVID-19, and many are shutting down. Animals due for processing have nowhere to go, and they are being culled.
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Mike Pence Is the Worst Person to Lead a Coronavirus Response
A year after Trump took office, Saturday Night Live did a sketch called “What Even Matters Anymore?”
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A Broken Promise to Teachers and Nonprofit Workers
Before sharing my opinions about Trump’s recent proposal to cut student loan forgiveness, let me explain my own situation.