People need not have attended top-tier educational institutions to have been exposed to the dominant culture’s canon of literature. Consequently, millions of Americans have heard the most cited Shakespearean quote: “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Even students who once sat in one-room, ramshackled schoolhouses, sharing dilapidated books in the DeepContinue reading "‘To Be’ by Michael Tyler"
Update on EJS Civil Rights Litigation
• Amicus Curiae: Washington v. Trump (2025): Birthright CitizenshipEJS joined the NAACP and League of Women Voters in an amicus brief submitted to federal appeals courts in support of four cases that challenge President Trump’s January 20, 2025, executive order seeking to revoke birthright citizenship for individuals born in the United States to undocumented personsContinue reading "Update on EJS Civil Rights Litigation"
‘The Weight of Being…’ by Michael Tyler
By Michael Tyler, EJS Poet-in-Residence Every day, I feel its mass with compressing concentration;Every gram of degradation in every ounce of defamation,For every pound of condemnation of a dark discrimination. Each morning that I rise, I must begin my preparation,To brace my aching back for the daily tribulation,To haul the debilitating load of my socialContinue reading "‘The Weight of Being…’ by Michael Tyler"