Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is in the process of building a veritable cornucopia of degrees in physics and astronomy. The black hole of academia is a dark and dangerous place. In a perhaps related story, she also seems to be known as a trouble maker. She blogs at Disordered Cosmos.

TOPICS: essaY, politics, race
A New Curriculum
8 August 2008
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Toronto public schools are failing Black youth on a terrifyingly large scale. Can an Afrocentric curriculum stem the high dropout rates?

TOPICS: election, politics, voting
Of The People
13 May 2008
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For the United States to truly call itself a democracy, all citizens must be able to vote

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Black On Both Sides
9 April 2008
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Reconsidering misconceptions of the African-Canadian experience from both sides of the border

TOPICS: interview, politics, science
The Engineer Who Refused
29 February 2008
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An interview with engineer Paul Cottle, who risked his career to oppose the US Military-Industrial complex

TOPICS: politics, science
Getting Physicists to Invest in Caring, Not Killing: Who Takes Responsibility?
30 January 2008
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A physicist urges for peace-minded political involvement in the sciences.