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This year’s Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy “Stand For” virtual speaker series featured Reverend Dr. Starsky Wilson, the president and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Twelve years ago, I went without several paychecks after the birth of my first child.

“Panicked.” “Very, very scared.” “Constant anxiety.” These words describe immigrant families’ reactions to recent White House proposals to deny legal status to immigrants who have relied on public benefits.

Standardized test scores have been the driving force in U.S. education for more than two decades.

What does economic inequality really look like?

In the wake of the horrific mass murder in Las Vegas — an act that is also now painfully familiar — the conversation turns to why it happened and how it could have been prevented.