The Whole Delivery

Glad to see Jelani Cobb and Imani Perry push back on Hayes last night, and just the overall limits to how private elites can't solve public problems in America by just showing their desire to. It's a shame that it will take a president of color, and probably a black president at that, as the only way we will see a "Brother's Keeper" program. It's even worse when this first step to addressing the obvious structural racist problems is probably the last step we'll see unless the president is not black or Hispanic. And it's what makes the pushback from Perry, Cobb, and even this nicely written peace from Philly's public student union  important for the discussion. 2011 marked the first time in almost 40 years that public school spending decreased in America , as the Obama Administration's addiction to charter schools gives further cover to the for-profit first and only frauds. Public spending now accounts for just 70 cents of every ed...