State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, pictured speaking outside a Chula Vista elementary school, and the California Department of Education are named as defendants in a lawsuit alleging the state failed to take action against disciplinary practices that harm Black and Latinx students. Black and Latinx students are disproportionately harmed by the state’s failure to exert oversight and take …
Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership This story is part of an NPR series, We Hold These Truths, on American democracy. toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR Amina Hassan, who has written a biography about Miller, says the win was monumental because "housing was the crux of it all." toggle caption Nevil Jackson for NPR What they did …