What does successful student- and teacher-led community resistance to book banning look like? These two #FReadom fighters share their story – and strategy and tactics.
The ideology and worldview of conservative activist parents is creating and contributing to the ongoing school board wars.
The co-author of “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School” and author of the forthcoming “The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual” speaks to the Bucks County Beacon about the the backlash politics driving the so-called parental rights’ movement looking to capture, transform, and potentially dismantle public education.
“Do I think there could be violence? There is violence. There are casualties all over the country,” said Sharlet, the author of “The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War.”
While the bill has very little chance of passing the Senate, the Republican Congressman has finally publicly sided with book banners and those who want to gag teachers in the classroom and whitewash history.
A radical history lesson for Women’s History Month that offers feminists lessons for today.
The long-term viability and continued growth of the Bucks County Beacon depends on readers becoming monthly sustainers.
On this episode, I welcome Liza Featherstone to the show. Liza Featherstone (@lfeatherz) is an author, journalist, essayist and critic. She is a columnist
The two heads of the extremist group’s local chapter gave an interview last week about the “battle of good and evil” they are fighting.
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Immigrant solidarity protesters marched through the streets of downtown Philly, starting at Independence Hall. This is in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.