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SPECIAL FEATURE: A MODERN METCO

Written by BRENDAN MCGUIRK Posted May 29, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

For more than 50 years, Metco has stood as a hallmark effort to address racial disparities in education. But for the progressive civil rights program to keep pace with the national dialogue around race, inequality, and white supremacy, stakeholders say it’s time to reexamine and recommit to Massachusetts’ once-radical program.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, Charter Schools, Concord, Darren Wilson, education, lexington, Lincoln-Sudbury, METCO, Metco Inc., schools, SCOTUS, segregation, suburbs, Susan Eaton

SILENCE IS COMPLICITY: GREATER BOSTON’S WHITE COMMUNITIES NEED TO SUPPORT #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 5, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS

Walk around these white areas and look for a #BlackLivesMatter or a #JusticeforTamir sign. You will see few—and those mainly outside some progressive houses of worship.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, #JusticeforTamir, Activism, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Greater Boston, racism, redlining, segregation, Tamir Rice, Trayvon Martin

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