The Moral Panic Over Critical Race Theory Is Coming for a North Carolina Teacher of the Year
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the first week of classes in August, Rodney D. Pierce, a social studies teacher at Red Oak Middle School in Battleboro, North Carolina, set the stage for his 8th graders by sharing a quote from James…
Teachers Across the Country Are Protesting Laws That Stop Them From Talking About Systemic Racism
Students keep social distance as they walk to their classroom in Highwood, Illinois, in 2020.Nam Y. Huh/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This weekend, teachers in more than 30 cities protested against new laws that would…
The Supreme Court Is About to Rule on the Biggest Student Free Speech Case in 50 Years
Brandi Levy was suspended from Mahanoy Area High School’s junior varsity cheerleading team for sending two Snapchat messages to her roughly 250 followers.(Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA / AP Images) Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Brandi Levy…
When Women Were Invited to an 1869 Medical Lecture, the Men Just Lost It
A clinical lecture at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, circa 1890s.Legacy Center Archives, Drexel University College of Medicine Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as…
Republicans Are Passing Laws to Keep Teachers From Talking About Race
Texas Gov. Greg AbbottBob Daemmrich/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The absurdity of the Republican Party’s culture wars has reached new heights. A slew of GOP-led state legislatures are enacting new laws that ban teaching “critical…
Flouting CDC Guidance, Some Schools Are Lifting Mask Mandates
Children join an anti-mask rally outside the Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa, California.Orange County Register/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last week, the country reached a pandemic milestone: The Centers for Disease Control…