critical-race-theory

COMMENTARY

Are influential anti-DEI Trumpers trying to turn Pa. into Florida? | Michael Coard

BY: - April 25, 2023

The signs are there. Be aware -- and then vote.

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The Pa. GOP: Bravely conquering one solution in search of a problem at a time | Editorial

BY: - April 2, 2022

In the name of placating the base in an election year, Pennsylvania Republicans are ignoring the real challenges facing Keystone State residents.

COMMENTARY

Watch for these conflicts over education in 2022 | Analysis

BY: - February 9, 2022

These conflicts range from who deserves academic opportunity to how and what schools and universities should teach about U.S. history.

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From critical race theory to voting rights, America’s just as racist as ever | Michael Coard

BY: - January 25, 2022

We can’t stop racist white Americans from being racist. But we can stop them from being politically powerful racist white Americans.

COMMENTARY

The New White Flight: banning books that reveal uncomfortable truths | Opinion

BY: - December 1, 2021

Don’t remain silent when freedoms — including the freedom to access books that tell the truth about our nation and its people — are challenged.

COMMENTARY

Embracing all the bad and the good of U.S. history is how we move forward | Opinion

BY: - November 26, 2021

Inclusion means everyone. And we are all a part of the fabric of these great United States of America.

At D.C. rally, parents GOP lawmakers vow nat’l push to get critical race theory out of schools

BY: - November 17, 2021

'We’re ready for a new era in education,' U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C. said. 'Other people now know what I’ve known for a long time—parents are a force to be reckoned with.'

COMMENTARY

We could lose our democracy to a toxic stew of conspiracy & partisanship. What do next | Opinion

BY: - November 15, 2021

Take a deep breath anywhere in the country now, and the acrid tang of our disconnect from reality will sting your senses.

COMMENTARY

Racists won on Nov. 2. It doesn’t have to be that way in 2022 | Michael Coard

BY: - November 9, 2021

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Then register and vote. And outnumber the racists so we can defeat them. By doing so, we will finally change America.

Critical race theory isn’t taught in Pa. K-12 schools, but it permeated local school board races

BY: - November 7, 2021

The 1776 Project Political Action Committee, which opposes critical race theory, endorsed candidates running for school board in seven states ahead of the Nov. 2 election — including 18 people vying for seats in Pennsylvania.

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Teacher and students in a classroom.

Some are trying to turn our school boards into battlegrounds. Don’t let them | Opinion

BY: - October 31, 2021

Our classrooms -- and what we teach in them -- have to reflect the diversity of all us

Senate panel advances bill that would require Pa. schools to post curriculum, book titles online

BY: - October 18, 2021

Democrats on the 11-member panel, four in total, unanimously opposed the proposal.