DJ Cashmere

DJ Cashmere is the creator and host of the pandemic-era education podcast Teach the People. His reporting on education, politics, and culture has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, The Nation, the Village Voice, Chalkbeat, The Millions, and Yes! Magazine. Before becoming a journalist, DJ taught in public and public charter schools for eight years in Chicago. He now lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Like Hell

By January 20, 2021
Relating their experiences of postpartum psychosis, two writers tap into broader truths about parenting and fear.

Chana Joffe-Walt: Nice White Parents

By September 15, 2020
The producer of the hit podcast talks about how race and power shape public education, and what it will take to create a more equitable system.

Ira Shor: Liberating Education

By June 17, 2020
"They’re on strike against an institution which has subordinated them, underestimated them, and undereducated them."

How Three School Social Workers Do Their Jobs in a Pandemic

By June 9, 2020
“Kids with more resources are adjusting well. Others have collapsed into themselves.”

Coming into Bloom

By November 26, 2019
Finding love and making peace with impermanence, with a little help from some sunflowers.