Navy chief defends anti-racism readings against GOP attacks
‘The way we’re going to get after it is to be honest about it, not to sweep it under the rug, and to talk about it,’ said Adm. Michael Gilday.
By Oliver Willis - June 16, 2021‘The way we’re going to get after it is to be honest about it, not to sweep it under the rug, and to talk about it,’ said Adm. Michael Gilday.
By Oliver Willis - June 16, 2021‘This is an assault on the craft of teaching,’ said a teacher in Tennessee. ‘It’s asking me to show up and ignore parts of my own identity.’
By Associated Press - June 14, 2021Tom Cotton’s proposal would tell local school boards what to do.
By Josh Israel - June 11, 2021Rep. Buddy Carter’s Military Education and Values Act would bar ‘race-based education and training.’
By Josh Israel - June 09, 2021Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring argues that leaving a massive monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee in place will continue to cause pain to many people.
By Associated Press - June 08, 2021The Senate minority leader previously called it an ‘exotic notion’ to consider the year slavery began in America as a key historical moment.
By Oliver Willis - June 02, 2021A state-sanction report for that Virginia Military Institute has tolerated and failed to address institutional racism and sexism.
By Associated Press - June 02, 2021‘Critical race theory disrupts the racial social hierarchy. And those who benefit from this hierarchy are fighting to preserve it,’ one professor said.
By Amy Lieu - May 28, 2021The Arkansas Republican senator previously claimed it was ‘anti-American’ to address systemic racism.
By Oliver Willis - May 26, 2021Republicans in Congress were largely silent on the matter.
By Oliver Willis - May 25, 2021Former Pennsylvania Rep. Lou Barletta serves on an advisory board of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
By Oliver Willis - May 21, 2021Republican attorneys general charge that efforts to add diversity to education are ‘deeply flawed and controversial.’
By Oliver Willis - May 20, 2021The bill was filed by Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah.
By Oliver Willis - May 17, 2021Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) once referred to slavery as ‘the necessary evil upon which the union was built.’
By Oliver Willis - May 11, 2021They call the largest philanthropic commitment in history by Asian Americans supporting members of their own community.
By Associated Press - May 08, 2021Video of state GOP Rep. Richard Holtorf’s remarks had spread widely on social media.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021But many families are still opting to keep students at home for remote learning.
By Associated Press - May 06, 2021The term, which Colorado state Rep. Richard Holtorf used in a floor speech, is a reference to a racist caricature of Black children.
By Oliver Willis - May 05, 2021‘Now that they’re home, we feel safer,’ one parent said.
By Associated Press - May 04, 2021Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are attempting to defund schools that teach children about the history of systemic racism.
By Oliver Willis - May 04, 2021GOP state Rep. Ray Garofalo Jr. introduced a bill to ban teaching ‘divisive concepts’ in schools.
By Emily Singer - April 28, 2021Asian American families are wrestling with whether to send their children back out into the world at a time when anti-Asian hostility and violence is on the rise.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2021Rep. Mondaire Jones slammed racist comments from Republicans suggesting the district wasn’t ‘working class’ enough to be a state, among other things.
By Oliver Willis - April 22, 2021Paul LePage’s racist and homophobic statements drew national condemnation during his time in office.
By Oliver Willis - April 21, 2021The Georgia Republican congresswoman had been recruiting members for a caucus based on a ‘common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political tradition.’
By Emily Singer - April 19, 2021‘All the Rice family is asking for here is a chance for justice.’
By Associated Press - April 16, 2021The Wisconsin Republican is the latest GOP elected official to push the white supremacist theory that Democrats want to bring immigrants to the country to amass power.
By Emily Singer - April 16, 2021Studies show Black Americans are far more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts.
By Donna Provencher - April 14, 2021In 2020, Mississippi residents voted to replace the Confederate design on their state flag.
By Oliver Willis - April 13, 2021Experts say words matter in the push for humane treatment of immigrants.
By Amy Lieu - April 12, 2021