Thirty years ago today, July 26, I was a little boy living in Asmara, Eritrea. I was living my life in the shadow of what would become a thirty-year armed struggle for independence from Ethiopia, with the safety and security of my family still under constant threat amid a near-daily cacophony of sound and vibration … Continue reading On the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
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When Washington priorizes politics over access, American kids pay a hefty price
The Trump administration recently unveiled the budget for 2020, showing a roughly 10% cut for the Department of Education. I know that such proposals are that, proposals, and that Congress has the discretion over whether to enact into law or not, in accordance with its constitutional role to appropriate money. But too often, political consideration … Continue reading When Washington priorizes politics over access, American kids pay a hefty price