Jason Carter
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Girl Dad | AP History Instructor | Adjunct US History and Western Civilization Instructor | Civil War, Progressive Era, and Imperialism Historian
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In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
www.theatlantic.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.
Reposted by Jason Carter
“Rather than fascism or single-party dictatorship, the United States is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism,” Steven Levitsky writes:
The New Authoritarianism
This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.
www.theatlantic.com
February 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Rather than fascism or single-party dictatorship, the United States is sliding toward a more 21st-century model of autocracy: competitive authoritarianism,” Steven Levitsky writes:
Reposted by Jason Carter
Full text of Paine’s “American Crisis” here: www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis...
January 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Full text of Paine’s “American Crisis” here: www.ushistory.org/paine/crisis...