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New Young Adult Historical Fiction Set in ‘Whites Only’ Levittown Explores Racial Passing and Racism in America’s Past
A review of Kim Johnson’s “The Color of a Lie.”
Lauren Bradley
July 10, 2024
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A review of Kim Johnson’s “The Color of a Lie.”
He sat down with the Bucks County Beacon to talk about his experience and his vision for representing and protecting all citizens of the Commonwealth.
Since announcing themselves to the world the day NAFTA took effect on Jan. 1, 1994, the EZLN has for decades informed struggles down and up the continent. Amid climate chaos and endless war, they continue to imagine and create better worlds.
This Pennridge dad explains why he refuses to remain silent and sit idly by as the district’s reactionary school board majority upends and undermines public education.
While white supremacy is central to the hard right, so is a desire to maintain a patriarchal society where people adhere to strictly defined gender roles and men act from a position of dominance.
The “sham investigation” commissioned by the right-wing school board majority was never about uncovering the truth, it was about creating a political prop for upcoming elections.
Teachers, students, and parents are opposed to Central Bucks School District Policy 321, which they believe is “born out of bigotry and discrimination” and targets LGBTQ students.
The group, which claims to be about “parent rights,” has ties to the January 6 insurrection and Christian Nationalists. They also have a chapter in Bucks County.
According to the American Library Association, Angie Thomas’s book was the fifth most challenged in 2021. It should be read by students (and their parents), not banned from schools.
They also called for worker unity and a coordinated effort among various unions to push Vice President Kamala Harris over the finish line in November.
Indoctrination, privatization, and discrimination are just some of the educational goals of a second Trump term.
Bucks County government has filed a civil complaint following an injunction by Plumstead Township alleging violations of the property’s conservation easement.
Spreading fracking wastewater is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway.
This far-right, Christian nationalist policy agenda for a second Trump term wants to eradicate public education.