Tag: Jesse McGleughlin
On Executive Orders and Movement Building: Immigration Reform and Gun Control
President Obama recently announced new executive action on gun control. According to a White House fact sheet published on Monday, the executive orders would expand background checks, increase mental health services and reporting, and shape the future of gun technology. Obama’s call for an executive order comes... more
Getting Out of Poverty Takes More Than Grit
Jesse is a recent graduate of Brown University and a 2014 Fulbright recipient. Earlier this month, Aisha Sultan wrote an article for the Atlantic titled “The Limitations of Teaching ‘Grit’ in the Classroom.” In it, Sultan critiqued the idea that if low-income children just transform their mindsets... more
