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An interview with the author Michelle Pretorius is presented. Topics discussed include her race and gender discrimination experiences in South Africa, her book "The Monster's Daughter" being based on Orange Free State and Second Boer War's concentration camp system, apartheid in South Africa being portrayed in the book and relevance of the book "July's People" by Nadine Gordimer for dystopian literature in South Africa.

The article discusses issues concerning educational inequity in the U.S. resulting from the reliance of the education system on local funding. Topics covered include importance of community and parent involvement in fostering local investment in educational opportunities and the efforts of some school districts to address problems caused by school-based foundations and commercial fundraising.

A reprint of an article from the Spring 2014 issue of publication "Teaching Tolerance" is presented, which focuses on cyberbullying. Topics discussed include the use of social media in "slut-shaming," which is the sexual bullying of girls for their actual or perceived sexual behavior, the use of anonymity in cyberbullying, and the use of the Snapchat application by teenagers. Sexting by teenagers is also examined, as is the coded language often used in cyberbullying.