Skip to main content

Teaching the Past To Improve the Future

Coshandra Dillard Learning for Justice
Despite a range of opposition, educators are committed to teaching honest history in their classrooms—and students are eager to learn.

Friday Nite Videos | March 25, 2022

Portside
Cruz Missile PR: Turn Your Book About CRT Into a Best Seller. Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen's Song With Lyrics for Ukraine. Russia Struggled to Capture a Ukrainian Town: Radio Messages Show Why. Ahed's Knee | Movie. Why There's No One Inside.

Ted Cruz Invokes Dr. King, and Scholars See a Familiar Distortion

Jennifer Schuessler New York Times
In the confirmation hearings of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sen. Ted Cruz cited the famous “I Have a Dream” speech to suggest King would have opposed race-conscious policies. It was a striking moment, in a day full of them.

Lessons From the Struggle Against the Old McCarthyism

Benjamin Mitchell-Yellin Inside Higher Ed
Political participation is key to resisting efforts to prohibit the discussion of “controversial” ideas. Those flexing their political muscle to regulate what gets taught in classrooms understand this. Those of us doing the teaching need to as well.

Friday Nite Videos | February 25, 2022

Portside
Critical Race Theory | John Oliver. How an Election Conspiracy Theory Led Back to Georgia Cops. Trump Is Guilty. Lincoln's Dilemma. The Fight for Anti-LGBTQ+ Rights in Arkansas | The Daily Show.
Subscribe to Critical Race Theory