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#182 Feb 28, 2019 #182: How America Remembers – My first year of teaching, I challenged my students to create museum exhibits of the atomic bombing o
#181 Feb 21, 2019 #181: The Color of Money 💵 – If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? Many people say they’d share the jackpot wi
#180 Feb 14, 2019 #180: This Too Was History – What should students learn about in their U.S. History class? That’s the question at the heart of thi
#179 Feb 7, 2019 #179: Health as Resistance – We’re in the middle of an age of activism. Teachers are striking, women are marching, people are prot
#178 Jan 31, 2019 #178: Capitalism Is Eating Its Young – In the middle of my teaching career, many of my students stopped believing in the promise of college.
#177 Jan 24, 2019 #177: When Best Isn’t Enough 🎓 – Happy Thursday! I’m happy to report that our reading community continues to grow. For the second week
#176 Jan 17, 2019 #176: The Weight I Carry – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome! Last week’s Highlighter was the most popular issue ever.
#175 Jan 10, 2019 #175: Millennials Are Burned Out – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome! I get to work with teachers, which makes me happy, and a
#174 Jan 3, 2019 #174: The Way Home 🏡 – Happy New Year! I hope you thoroughly enjoyed the holiday season. Did you get as much rest and relaxa
#173 Dec 13, 2018 #173: The Best Articles of the Year 🏆 – Today’s issue marks the end of the third year of The Highlighter. We’ve built a robust community of 5
#172 Dec 6, 2018 #172: “I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother” – Happy Thursday, welcome to December, thank you for opening today’s issue, and please stop what you’re
#171 Nov 29, 2018 #171: Leaving Barrio 18 – Happy Thursday, loyal readers! Today’s issue includes insightful pieces on the horrors of gang life i
#170 Nov 22, 2018 #170: Haunted Dream House – Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for reading The Highlighter every week and for making this community a
#169 Nov 15, 2018 #169: The State of Hate – Happy Thursday, loyal readers! Today’s issue of The Highlighter promises a wide range of excellent ar
#168 Nov 8, 2018 #168: The Theater of Forgiveness – Happy Thursday, loyal readers — and a warm welcome to our 31 new subscribers! Tuesday’s election did
#167 Nov 1, 2018 #167: The Future of America – Happy Thursday, Loyal Readers! If you like to read because you like to learn, this week’s issue is ri
#166 Oct 25, 2018 #166: One Block in Oakland – Happy Thursday, loyal readers, and welcome, new subscribers! This week’s lead article, a collection o
