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DeSantis’s Board of Education Nominees Are Steeped in Far Right Dark Money
The dark-money funded extremists appointed to the board by Ron DeSantis will wield power over Florida's K-12 schools.
Tennessee Education Bill Would Ban Discussion of Systemic Racism at Colleges
“This sounds like fascism, this sounds like authoritarianism,” Democratic Rep. Justin Jones said during debate.
Progressive Library Boards Can Block Right-Wing Censorship. Here’s How.
Want to fight right-wing censors? Join a public library board! They are at the front lines of this struggle nationwide.
Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt to Erase Black History
The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts.
US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of “Patriotic Education”
Republicans are rallying behind racist pedagogy as an organizing principle.
Florida School District Bans Graphic Novel Version of Anne Frank’s Diary
The right-wing group that requested the ban plans to seek the removal of around 250 additional titles in the district.
The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
In the contemporary U.S., an authoritarian politics of disappearance manifests in new ways every week.
FL Students Protest GOP Bill to Eliminate Diversity Programs on State Campuses
A recent poll found that 61 percent of Floridians oppose the bill, which is backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
When Missouri Proposed Library Censorship, Librarians Got Organized
The librarians’ partial victory shows how pro-worker, anti-censorship organizing can work even in a conservative state.
AOC Slams GOP for Banning Children’s Book “Life of Rosa Parks” for Being “Woke”
House Republicans passed a bill on Friday that would open schools up to a wave of far right book bans.