What if we strove for compassion, for mercy, for forgiveness? And what if we did this for everybody, including people who have harmed others?
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The fundamental problem for the teaching profession is how undervalued it is and how underpaid teachers are.
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It's not easy. I make snap judgments, too, and I start to write people off. And then I start to remind myself of how I'm constantly asking judges not to write people off. And so then I try to resist it.
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We must continue to recruit progressive prosecutors to run in local elections, support those who do, and hold them accountable if they win.
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Actually creating a positive school climate, particularly in schools that are in communities that are themselves not calm and orderly, is hard work.
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While mass incarceration is a national crisis, it was built locally.
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