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Adam Martinakis

Love this…

“But a college education is still worth it, even after all that. Why? Well, for starters, the unemployment rate in December of 2012 was just 3.9 percent for those with a bachelor’s degree or higher, but it was 8 percent for high school graduates, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Workers with a four-year degree can expect to make almost twice as much as high-school graduates — a $45,648 average yearly salary versus $23,233 a year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.”

— Danny Levi: College Is Expensive, But Still Worth It (via azspot)

A truth that she be shares persistently until we finally get how flawed our education system is…

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Source: The Huffington Post

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Artwork of the day

Washington DC. Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom, May 17, 1957. Martin Luther King speaking to the crowds., 1957 by Bob Henriques

To commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, we have gathered together a collection showing how artists have lent their hands to advancing the cause of civil rights in the United States and beyond. View the entire collection here.

This makes me cry happy tears….

Source: artspace.com

“Humanity is waiting for something other than blind imitation of the past. … If we want truly to advance a step further, if we want to turn over a new leaf and really set a new man afoot, we must begin to turn humanity away from the long and desolate night of violence. May it not be that the new person that the world needs is the nonviolent person. … A dark, desperate, sin-sick world waits for this new kind of person, this new kind of power.”

— Martin Luther King Jr. (via azspot)

He was so ahead of his time. If only he were still alive, I cannot imagine what he would have to say to us…

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Source: consortiumnews.com