3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (489+ words) State officials weigh a new federal school voucher program that is ripe for profiteering and discrimination. The Education Law Center cites estimates that the federal program will cost between $5 and $51 billion this coming year, depending on state participation. Professor Martin…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (465+ words) Festival of Faiths (CC BY 2.0) As dangerous trends continue to intensify, we need his voice more than ever. Berry worked continually and until the very end of his life, often making the same points with the same urgency. His most…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (202+ words) The great poet, essayist, and fiction writer had a habit of repeating himself—but only because what he had to say was so important. I first met Wendell Berry in November 2019, at his farm in Port Royal, Kentucky, where he…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (724+ words) Ben Aguilar/The Berry Center The legendary poet, farmer, and philosopher had vital lessons on transforming modern isolation. The great American farmer, philosopher, novelist, and poet Wendell Berry died Monday at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. He was ninety-two....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Ed Us via Unsplash It's greatest immediate impact will be the confusion and chaos it sows among parents and caregivers. by Elizabeth Jacobs, James Alwine Unfortunately, Trump’s feelings seem to largely match the conspiratorial anti-vaccination ideas of U.S. Health and…...