Some Detroit roses find cracks in the concrete

A line from a Tupac song praises the abilities for roses (dispossessed peoples) to find cracks in the concrete (systems of oppression). In that spirit, check out this article on protests this week by Detroit area youth. So, yes, it's pretty bad out there, but the upside is that many people are awakening to the fact that education is a civil right, not just for those who can afford it. Read more here about the systemic dismantling of schools across the nation, most severely in the nation's "urban" (read: Black and Brown and low-income) centers.