In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with Veronica Terriquez, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, to discuss the civic engagement of…

On May 1, 1886, Lucy Gonzalez Parsons led 80,000 people—many immigrant laborers—down the streets of Chicago in the world’s first May Day Parade.  Parsons, who had been born into slavery…

In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with Jose Luis Navarro, the principal of Social Justice Humanitas Academy (SJHA). SJHA is a pilot high school located at the…

In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with three students at Roosevelt High School who are members of “Urban Scholar Compadres” to discuss restorative justice. Teacher Eddie Lopez…

In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with five high schools students who are members of “Students Deserve” to discuss their activism and vision of educational justice. Students…

by John Rogers, Professor of Education This week’s Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos ushers in the Trump era of education policy. And this era demands new ways of thinking about…

In this week’s Just Talk, the Kharij Collective responds to John Rogers’ questions about how educators should understand, teach about, and resist the “Muslim Ban.” The Kharij Collective is Arshad…

In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sits down with Pedro Noguera, Distinguished Professor of Education at UCLA. Dr. Noguera is widely known for his efforts to understand and improve…

In this week’s Just Talk, John Rogers sat down with Tyrone Howard, Associate Dean for Equity and Inclusion, Professor of Education, and Director of the Black Male Institute (BMI) at…