Texas: Teachers Told to Teach “Opposing Views” of Holocaust and Slavery
As part of the Republican effort to eliminate teaching about slavery, racism, and other injustices, the state has banned “critical race theory” and requires teaching...
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New Hampshire: Majority of Governor’s Diversity Council Resigns in Protest
New Hampshire’s Republican legislature passed a bill banning teaching about racism, and Governor Chris Sununu signed it. The bill also included funding for vouchers and...
Texas: Republicans Fighting to Defund Lobbying for Public Institutions, Including Public Schools
The big battle this coming year in the Texas Legislature is about whether public agencies will be allowed to lobby for their interests. No one...
China Crushes Freedom to Teach in Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a British colony for a century and a half. Under British rule, the people of Hong Kong enjoyed democratic freedoms. On July...
An Open Letter to the New New Left from the Old New Left: Vote for Biden
Veterans of the political struggles of the 1960s explain in this open letter published in The Nation why they will vote for Joe Biden. In...
Mark Zuckerberg Is Advising a Democratic Candidate
Masha Gessen, a Russian emigre and journalist, always has interesting commentaries on U.S. politics. In this New Yorker article, she writes about Mark Zuckerberg and...
Curriculum Company Sues Parent for Criticizing Its Program
Sarah Sparks writes in Edweek about a curriculum company that is suing a parent in Wake County, North Carolina, for criticizing its math program. The...
Teresa Hanafin: Trump Makes America Hate Again
Teresa Hanafin writes the Boston Globe’s Daily “Fast Forward” to start each day. Today she wrote: Trump is making America hate again. At his...
Valerie Strauss: Florida High School Stops Valedictorian from Giving Graduation Speech, Then Apologizes
When the story became public, the school system issued an apology to Naidu and her family, according to Lorena Arias, assistant director of media relations...
Trump Will Cut Off Federal Funding to Universities That Limit “Free Speech”
Trump told the Conservative Political Action Committee that he would issue an e ecutive order barring federal funding for research at universities that...