During an interview with CBS on Tuesday, National Education Association President Becky Pringle commented on efforts to limit critical race theory and other teachings on race in schools by stating that educators must ensure students are taught the truth because when students are taught the truth, “they have the creative imaginations about what they can…
What TV Can Teach Us About the White Working Class
December 4, 2020 by
From Archie Bunker to Shameless, narrative television has often portrayed them sympathetically. But will it still post-Trump?Even in a nation obsessed with representation in the media and politics, the white working class has often gone forgotten. Their economic decline, cultural decay, and frustration with the political system went unnoticed until it helped swing the 2016…
On the Fourth of July, teach your kids about what made America great in the first place.
July 4, 2018 by
I have vivid memories of celebrating Independence Day in my hometown of Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Each Fourth of July I rode on a parade float down Myrtle Avenue, competed in watermelon seed-spitting contests with my cousins and watched colorful fireworks burst over the beach. But even in my grade school years, I understood that […]
What Cuba and Venezuela Can Teach Us About Socialism’s Understanding of US “Hate Speech”
September 5, 2017 by
Antifa has fallen victim to the same things it is trying to fight against: authoritarianism and fascist thinking (flickr) Reading about the recent atrocities occurring due to socialism in Cuba and Venezuela still sometimes leaves them feeling distant and almost unreal, but I felt chills recently as it dawned on me that when it comes to internet censorship, and […]