Category: critical race theory

‘This Is About Power’ Critical Race Theory Trainer Tells Pennsylvania Educators

Far-right white people are in a moral panic over Critical Race Theory (CRT) because they fear losing political power. These are the sentiments taught to Pennsylvania educators about parents who attend board meetings in opposition to CRT. The training was a webinar presented by Justice Leaders Collaborative, a Michigan-based social justice training organization that did…


Conservatives Wary of Bill to Increase Civics and History Lessons in US Schools

The lessons taught to children today are the values we will live in our future when they run the world. That is why there is an intense battle in U.S. schools over who gets to determine the curriculum. Schools have veered beyond the classic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic and moved into teaching…


Fire in the Streets: Understanding the Ideologies Behind the Movement to Subvert America

“’Whites are essentially oppressive. And people of color are essentially oppressed and have the vantage point that should be consulted.’ But on the other hand, you find critical race theory, philosophers, and others saying things like it’s all socially constructed. So whiteness is socially constructed, and blackness is socially constructed. So we could deconstruct them…


Conservatives and Union Members Battle For Control of Town’s Schools

Conservatives and a teachers union have squared off over a small Colorado town’s schools. After years with no contested school board election, a conservative slate last November took four of five seats on the Woodland Park School Board in Teller County outside Colorado Springs. They started delivering on campaign promises quickly but just as quickly…


The Rise of Wokeness in the Military

The following is adapted from a talk delivered on July 20, 2022, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. Complaints by veteran soldiers about younger generations who lack discipline and traditional values are as old as…


Analysis: Deep-Rooted Marxism in American Education Corrupting Youth—With Sheri Few

We explore the deep root of Marxism in American education. At the same time, is a deep transformation taking place in American education? Parents are fighting back against critical race theory (CRT) being taught in classrooms. But it’s worth exploring where this all started, of communism in education: where teachers are either tools of brainwashing…


Schmitt Wins Hotly Contested US Senate Primary in Missouri

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican Senate primary race on Aug. 2, bringing the expensive, hard-fought race to a conclusion. Polls closed in the race at 7 p.m. CST. The outcome was announced shortly after 8 PM CST, with Schmitt receiving 41.6 percent of the vote with 6.3 percent counted, according to AP….


Schmitt Wins Hotly Contested US Senate Primary in Missouri, Will Face Valentine

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican Senate primary race on Aug. 2, bringing the expensive, hard-fought race to a conclusion. Polls closed in the race at 7 p.m. CST. Decision Desk HQ called the race for Schmitt roughly an hour later. Schmitt will be facing the winner of the Democratic primary, Trudy Busch…


Australia’s City Council Pushes to Remove Statue of Premier Over Mutilation of Aboriginal Man

The Hobart city council in Australia’s island state of Tasmania has suggested the statue of William Crowther in the city’s Franklin Square be removed, with plans for the partial removal and interpretation project costing $20,000 in total. Crowther was a surgeon, a naturalist, and the first medical practitioner to serve as Tasmanian Premier. However, he…


Hobart City Council Pushes to Remove Statue of State Leader Over Mutilation of Aboriginal Man

The Hobart City Council in Australia’s island state of Tasmania is proposing the statue of its first premier, William Crowther, in the city’s Franklin Square be removed—a move estimated to cost the council tens of thousands of dollars. Crowther was a surgeon, naturalist, and the first medical practitioner to serve as Tasmania’s state leader. He…