News Dave Stovall weighs in on the Breonna Taylor case Barbara Ransby named 'Freedom Scholar' for work on economic and social justice “As a historian who writes about radical Black women, I take inspiration from my subjects’ fierceness and fortitude. In this moment, I am excited to launch and lead The Portal Project, which will convene cutting-edge scholars and front-line activists David Stovall weighs in on Chicago Police's controversial tactics “I always see the strategy as problematic,” he said. “It’s based around the preemptive suppression of a violent threat. The belief is, oftentimes, that if you show force then people won’t respond as vehemently, and actually what we’ve seen is that... Amanda Lewis interviewed by Chicago Parent magazine on how to educate children on anti-racism "One of the things that gets in the way of being serious about this and gets in the way of being more committed to anti-racist platform is in part people are worried about feeling uncomfortable...How do you embrace that’s where learning happens?" Affiliate Faculty Dr. Kishonna Gray speaks to social media's role in providing context and information Misinformation can affect police response to a crime, Gray said, as when Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old with a toy gun, was killed by police. The information that Tamir was probably a juvenile with a toy was not relayed to the responding officers David Stovall on why 'looting' in Chicago was "no doubt a long time coming.” “They are saying this is what it means to be poor, hungry and fed up, and if we're really not ready to address the foundational issue of housing, health care and employment, this is what we’re going to do." David Stovall on how the pandemic exacerbated already exisiting inequalities in schooling and Education "Many parents do not have the resources to pay for a private pod instructor or can't afford to take off from work — or aren't in a job where they can work from home — in order to instruct their own children." David Stovall discusses with CBS 2 Chicago the factors behind violence in Chicago "Chicago ranks as number one in the gunviolence database." David Stovall explains to NBCNews why bringing federal officers to Chicago does not solve any of the city's real problems "If they are just going to ramp up what is existing, then that could mean more arrests and, in the worst case, more fatalities." David Stovall's co-authored Op-ed is cited in an article that underlines how "schools and courts oppress Black students" "Even apart from the strains imposed by remote learning, Black students are disciplined and arrested at school at disproportionately high levels, an analysis of federal data from 2017 by the Education Week Research Center finds." Prev 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 … 17 Next
