On this week’s podcast from The American Prospect, Monica Potts, Adam Serwer, and Jamelle Bouie go over some new surveys on the state of African American education, as well as the ignominious end of Dr. Laura Schlessinger‘s radio show.

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Articles referred to:
New Report Shows Graduation Chasm for Black Males,” Jamelle Bouie
The Racial Graduation Gap,” Monica Potts
When Racial Slurs are the Least Racist Thing About Your Rant, It’s a Pretty Racist Rant,” Jamelle Bouie
The First Amendment Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means,” Monica Potts
Getting Low-Income Students to Graduate,” Monica Potts

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Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent for The Week, an economics and climate reporter for ThinkProgress, and has written for the policy journal Democracy.