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Voices For Black Liberatory Thought and Education

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You Don’t Need a Nobel Prize To Know Ed Is an Investment

Sharif El-Mekki - July 17, 2026

Anti-Intellectualism Has Been The Real American Dream

A Dope Black Teacher - July 15, 2026

Happy “You Lie” 4th

Sharif El-Mekki - July 3, 2026

Accountability

You Don’t Need a Nobel Prize To Know Ed Is an Investment

A University of Chicago economist won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for showing what Black educators, Black grandmothers, and Black freedom fighters have always known — that money, time, and love poured into a person are an investment in human capital, no...

P7W Voices

Let's Talk About It Equity and Justice Accountability Diversity Belief Gap School Choice

Let's Talk About It

Stop Blaming Black Students for the Failure of Adults To Teach Them Properly

Sharif El-Mekki - June 29, 2026

Equity and Justice

Schooling and Education Are Not the Same Thing

Ismael Jimenez - June 28, 2026

Diversity

Black Women Made Me the Educator I Am, Now the System Pushes Them Out

Sharif El-Mekki - June 27, 2026

Let's Talk About It

Happy “You Lie” 4th

Freedom Built on Theft, Terror, and a White Family Business Every July, this country puts on its Sunday best and calls it independence. Fireworks crack, flags wave, and the nation...