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Absorbing and unleashing talent is what built America
America defines itself by a creed, not blood or soil -- which means anyone the creed was supposed to cover but wasn't can hold the country to its own stated word. The Great Migration, the suffrage movement, and every immigrant wave this site has traced are the same mechanism: capability that was always real, finally given room to work.
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Held to its own word — the founders' contradiction, and three men who answered it on its own terms
Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton each fell short of the country's own promise in a different, documented way -- and Douglass, King, an...
For Most High-Achieving Low-Income Students, the Elite College Would Cost Less. They Never Apply.
Between 25,000 and 35,000 low-income American high schoolers score in the top 10% nationally, but only 34% of the highest scorers from th...