The domino effect of Brexit will be interesting to see over the next two years. From an American perspective the damage really is akin to a state leaving the union and becoming its own country. In a weird way joining a union is kind of like volume discounting at a Sam’s club. The more of it, the cheaper it is. So the…

I’ll join in on the chorus saying Deray and his charter schools are not good for Baltimore (or anywhere).

I really doubt you meant it this way, but when you read:

We really need to grow up about this simplistic and highly deceptive charter school nonsense. Just as the answer to “how can black people rise up and overcome?” is not “get out and vote,” standardizing curriculum to within an inch of its life, hiring under-educated and under-paid TFA-style drones (or sadists, like at…

Oh, it’s even worse than that. It was 42 white kids. Just 5 kids of color who got admitted with lower scores than her.

When your kid has bad grades, not because they didn’t work hard, not because they didn’t do what was asked of them, but because they’re just a mediocre student- that’s a bitter pill to swallow

Excellent chance she ends up writing blogs for a second tier conservative think site.

It’s been on my travel wish list for years but lately the political/social climate seems unstable so I’ve put off planning a trip there.

I have a friend who is a semi activist in Istanbul. Based on her Facebook updates I’m so scared for them.

Turkey is in such a precarious position these days. I’m horrified and personally so sad about today’s attack.

And UT said even with the point system if she was black, SHE WOULDN’T HAVE GOTTEN IN.

“These upper middle class parents need to get real with their offspring: race and money can only get you so far.”

As a matter of fact, her father is a “former business colleague” of Edward Blum, the lawyer behind all of this.

I’m a long time out of college but my parents advice would have been “do better at another school and transfer”

I wouldn’t be totally shocked if her parents were the ones who put this in her head. Mommy and Daddy were embarrassed that their legacy didn’t hold enough sway with the Admissions Office to get her in so “blame the coloreds” and don’t let her think she didn’t get in because their alumnus checks weren’t big enough.

IT is unutterably sad to me that her parents did not sit her down and make her realize that she did not get in to the college of her choice because she did not earn it. Bottom line. These upper middle class parents need to get real with their offspring: race and money can only get you so far. Granted, it will get you…

I just moved to Houston for a job. I live in an area of Houston that apparently has a very good high school and my real estate agent was telling me all about how many people were trying to move so their kids could go. Since I have no kids, I moved a mile down the road, and I pay $200 less a month.Works for me.

I hadn’t seen this comment from Fisher before:

The amount of conspiracy theories about Beyonce are exhausting and people need to calm the fuck down.

Ahhhh yes, Trevor Noah. The person who most likely had nothing to do with a tweet sent out by social media staffers. He is the true villain here.