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BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | On September 8 and 9—as part of an inaugural Scholar Strike—U.S. professors are withdrawing from classrooms to engage in accessible, digital education surrounding anti-Blackness and police brutality.

BY DR. ANDRE PERRY | "The coronavirus is offering a chance to ‘reimagine’ education—but if the new landscape doesn’t include efforts to recruit and retain more Black teachers, reform will be a farce."

BY ALETHA Y. AKERS | New research has found that infants born to teens under the age of 19 are more likely to die in the first year of life, compared to those born to women over age 20.