Top-up fees mean that universities are increasingly under pressure to confer degrees upon students, who perceive the degree as a commodity they've purchased. Failure doesn't enter into anyone's calculations. Sarah Churchwell calculationcommodityconfer share on social
In one sense, Obama's point couldn't be clearer: race is a distraction from class-based inequities. And if we dismiss working-class resentment as camouflaged racism, we will continue to be distracted by the spectre of race. Sarah Churchwell basecamouflageclass share on social
There is nothing that 'Sesame Street' can't teach you, if you let it. Sarah Churchwell sesamestreetteach Change image and share on social
Pop music provides not just the soundtrack to our lives, as the cliche goes; it releases our emotions and helps us to articulate them. This is why music is so important to adolescents, who are struggling with questions of identity and self-expression. Sarah Churchwell adolescentarticulatecliche share on social
Racism is an effect of slavery, not the other way around. Once slavery was abolished, not only did racism not disappear, neither did the economic system it upheld. Sarah Churchwell abolishdisappeareconomic Change image and share on social
