by Drick Boyd | Jul 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
As I have been following the reports about the ongoing effort by the Republicans to come up with a health care bill they can all agree on, and I listen to the Democrats do everything they can to derail the process, there are three things I have not hear either side...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
For the past several years on or around the Fourth of July, I have made a practice of re-reading portions of Frederick Douglass’ famous July 5, 1852 speech in Rochester, NY entitled “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Speaking at the height of a...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
A lot of ink has been spilled over how unfair and “mean” the Senate’s proposed health care bill. As one headline had it: “Shifting Dollars from the Poor to the Rich is a Key Part of the Health Bill. ” In order to lower the overall cost of the bill, the Senate proposal...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am happy to announce the release of my latest book, co-authored with Dr. James Kirylo for the University of South Carolina. James and I had a chance meeting three years ago in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. We...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear White Folks,We have no excuse not to know. Yesterday, a jury in Minnesota acquitted the murderer of Philando Castile. Mr. Castile was shot while reaching into the glove compartment of his car for is auto registration. His girlfriend, sitting in the car with him,...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Minneapolis, Minnesota was voted the best biking city in the country in the worldwide index of bike-friendly cities, and number 18 in the whole world. Thus, every time I have the opportunity to visit Minneapolis, I try to take advantage of their vast network of bike...
