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Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School

A journalist explores and confronts the racial divides in the schools in her gentrified neighborhood, and the role of public schools as a marker of equality in our country.

Posted byCarlenSeptember 25, 2023September 25, 2023Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

Home Boys

An honest and raw reflection of a therapist’s experience at a group home. where children come from abhorrent and unstable backgrounds.

Posted byCarlenAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University

The Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.

Posted byCarlenAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Products

The Monthly Bulletin: August 2023

The Non-fiction Feature: Evicted by Matthew Desmond;
The Memoir Spot: Home Boys by Seth C. Kadish;
The Product Spot: The Eviction Lab at Princeton University

Posted byCarlenAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

A stark look at how important stable housing is to every aspect of our lives, and why it is out of reach for millions.

Posted byCarlenAugust 29, 2023August 29, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

The Monthly Bulletin: July 2023

The Non-fiction Feature: Manufacturing Consent by Edward Herman & Noam Chomsky;
The Memoir Spot: We Are Bellingcat by Eliot Higgins;
The Product Spot: Fact-checking websites.

Posted byCarlenJuly 23, 2023August 21, 2023Posted inArchives, Bulletins

Fact-checking websites

Fact-checking websites and the critical roles they play in discerning fact from fiction.

Posted byCarlenJuly 23, 2023July 23, 2023Posted inArchives, Products

Manufacturing Consent

How media (openly and sneakily) defends the economic, social, and political agendas of privileged groups.

Posted byCarlenJuly 23, 2023September 5, 2023Posted inArchives, Non-fiction

We Are Bellingcat

The future of investigative journalism is ourselves–citizen-led journalism, the newest tools to analyze data, and where it goes from here.

Posted byCarlenJuly 23, 2023July 23, 2023Posted inArchives, Memoir & Poetry

The Monthly Bulletin: June 2023

The Non-fiction Feature: The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker;
The Memoir Spot: Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher by Brandy Schillace;
The Product Spot: Office for Human Research Protections.

Posted byCarlenJune 25, 2023June 25, 2023Posted inArchives, Bulletins

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