"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is dedicated to connecting research with practice, to connecting teachers with research and researchers with the reality of the classroom, and by doing so, making adult basic education research more relevant to the field. The theme of this issue of "Focus on Basics" is "-isms." Articles appearing in this issue are: (1) YES! A Literacy Program's Antiracist Journey (Margery Freeman and Lou Johnson); (2) Multicultural Education: Connecting Theory to Practice (Allison Cumming-McCann); (3) Idealism and Realism in the Formation of a Culturally Sensitive Classroom (KayTee Niquette); (4) A Conversation with FOB: Addressing Racism, Gender, and Classism in ABE (Jereann King); (5) Naming the Power Dynamics in Staff Development (Cassandra Drennon); (6) Personal Journeys of Transformation (Maria Rosales-Uribe and Rick Kappra); (7) Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation in ABE (Deborah D'Amico); (8) All About NCSALL; (9) Blackboard; and (10) New From NCSALL. Individual articles contain references.