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A Key Founder of Critical Race Theory Discusses the Right-Wing Panic Over It
Richard Delgado has become a target of numerous threats by racist and neo-fascist reactionaries.
Tennessee Rejects “Moms for Liberty” Complaint Over Lessons on MLK
The Tennessee Department of Education only rejected the complaint on a technicality, and said it could be resubmitted.
Nikole Hannah-Jones: Anti-History Laws Are Right’s Attempt to Control Our Memory
We should all “be deeply, deeply concerned about these anti-history laws,” says Hannah-Jones of the 1619 Project.
Dark Money Is Driving Today’s “Concerned Moms” Attacking Anti-Racism in Schools
Right-wing women’s groups are raking in donations from organizations spawned by Charles Koch and other billionaires.
Ed Dept. Opens Inquiry on District That Wanted “Opposing” Lessons on Holocaust
Several parents praised the announcement of the investigation into Carroll Independent Schools in Southlake, Texas.
GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism
The Republican Party makes clear that educational practices that inform and liberate are a threat to its politics.
Report Details How Bans on Teaching About Racism Are Chilling Free Speech
The report from PEN America is based on an investigation of 54 separate bills from 24 state legislatures across the U.S.
Texas Lawmaker Demands Schools Tell Him If They Have Books on Race, Sexuality
Critics have decried Republican State Rep. Matt Krause's crusade against school libraries as a campaign tactic.
Jim Crow Politics Have Descended on Education
For the GOP, higher education is now a battleground for conducting a race war waged in the spirit of the Confederacy.
No, Black People Can’t Be “Racists”
The term “racism” must be understood within the context of an anti-Black American polity.