It is a crisis.'' Mr. Kozol defines ``literacy'' in the United States as being able to read at the 10th-grade level -- a level he says is mandated by the ``real print demands of the workplace.'' The move from a ... Such a state of affairs threatens both the economic and political foundations of the country, Kozol says. read more
Rather, it’s a sober assessment of American democracy at a pivotal moment — and a call for Americans of all political stripes to press all politicians to agree, at minimum, on preserving the bedrock principles that make the United States a democracy. read more