Ayad Akhtar
Obsession Series—Scott Sturgeon, aka Stza Crack, on Police Corruption and Brutality
The Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Roxane Gay
Prison Branding in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Part Two: The Language of Corporate Corrections)
Prison Branding in the Age of Mass Incarceration (Part One: Prison Products)
Narco-Narratives: A Lecture-Performance
Reclaiming Our Narratives: Chike Frankie Edozien
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Walking on Eggshells: Teachers' Responses to Classroom Limitations on Race- or Gender-Related Topics
@RANDCorporation report on educational gag orders shows #teachers are self-censoring and restrictions are falling disproportionately on Black teachers.
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA134-16.html
@PENamerica predicted in November 2021: "These bills will have a chilling effect on the speech of educators." We wish we had been wrong. State legislators: did you want teachers more afraid and students learning less? Because that's what you've created. https://pen.org/report/educational-gag-orders/
Then there’s this 🙄 https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1619505262024601601