Articles
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Guest Feature – A Modern Day Slave Plantation Part 3 by Laura Dimon
*Note: This article was not written by The PBS Blog, it is featured as part of the continuation of an ongoing series and is written by Laura Dimon. This is the last part which includes my commentary. Please view our Guest Feature or Article Section for Parts 1 & 2* *************************************************** In King’s trials, the… Continue reading
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Guest Feature – A Modern Day Slave Plantation by Laura Dimon Part 2
*Note: This article was not written by The PBS Blog, it is featured as part of the continuation of an ongoing series and is written by Laura Dimon. Please view our Guest Feature or Article Section for Part 1* ************************** In 1972, the prisoners were virtually all black. Merciless guards — all white men, called… Continue reading
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Learning Disabled: A Manmade Disease
One of the duties I perform almost daily, about 2-3 times a week (it used to be 5), is that I provide tutorial services to children, primarily in the area of literacy—reading, writing, and vocabulary. I have also Home Schooled children for three years prior to my tutorial services, who ranged anywhere from Kindergarten to… Continue reading
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Guest Feature – A Modern Day Slave Plantation Exists, and It’s Thriving in the Heart of America – Part 1
This post is part of a 3 day Special Feature Post on ThePBSblog, located under our Articles and Guest Feature section. The author’s name is Laura Dimon. Laura graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2013. She has been published in the Economist, the Atlantic, and the Daily Beast. I ran across her… Continue reading
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Embracing Change
Children have a tendency to think under the realm of simplicity. For this reason, we are encouraged to be in our mentality as a child, so that we maintain the humility necessary to receive the discipline of wisdom. Especially since there’s been awhile since many of us were children, so we have to be reminded… Continue reading
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Choices
The Story When enrolling in college was one of the most important and exciting times in my life, I couldn’t make it to her office fast enough. I cannot recall her name, only the exciting rush of anxiety that ignited in my heart and up to the creases of my face. She wasn’t anyone… Continue reading
