When I Started Looking At This Map About American Schools, I Did *Not* Expect That Bar To Go Up

After Brown v. Board of Education (more on that below), America specifically ordered many school districts to desegregate (aka stop having just one type of person at the school). This was supposed to make it more likely that African-American kids would be in schools with non-African-American kids … this is desegregation. It made it official:…

Generations

Millennial history teacher explains the 3 phases of Gen X and why they were ‘forgotten’

Family

Dad describes the moment he realized he couldn’t raise his daughter in the United States

Pop Culture

Adults who lived through the 90s share 15 things we all misremember about the decade

Life Hacks

I spent a week chatting with people over 80. Here are 4 pieces of wisdom they shared.