Clint Smith quotes

Silence is the residue of fear.

School desegregation is associated with higher graduation rates, greater employability, higher earnings, and decreased rates of incarceration.

The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world.

In an effort to create a culture within my classroom where students feel safe sharing the intimacies of their own silences, I have four core principles posted on the board that sits in the front of my class, which every student signs at the beginning of the year: read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth.

The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us.

The beauty of the World Cup is that while thirty-two countries get to cheer for their respective teams, the event also affirms a global pluralism - it is as much a festival of cultural multiplicity as it is a competition featuring some of the best athletes in the world.

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.