Female student of color reading the Bible in a school classroom

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

Oklahoma’s schools reveal how a second Trump term could reshape public education—more Christian, more patriotic, and far less “woke.”

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Diverse high school students woking on tablets and notebooks outdoors

Want to Be an Engaged Citizen? Read Banned Books by Authors of Color.

From Toni Morrison to Frantz Fanon, banned books have long revealed more about power than about prose. Book banning isn’t new—it’s a centuries-old tool of control used to silence marginalized voices and maintain systems of oppression.

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Member of the Black Panther Party in a school with a table full of Black boys giving a salute

Black Panther Party’s Legacy: Empowering Education for Black Youth

59 years later, the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Platform continues to guide the fight for truth in education, racial identity, and liberation for Black youth.

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American Education Has Never Been Neutral Ground

As book bans and censorship spread, leaders must decide: protect comfort or defend truth? History shows progress comes from courage in education.

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Garrett Bucks displaying his certificate after successfully completing Oklahoma's anti-woke teacher test

I Passed the Oklahoma Anti-Woke Teacher Certification Test

Public schools run on quiet miracles, not culture war distractions. A parent’s view on back-to-school and Oklahoma’s “big dumb test.”

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Young, Black, male teacher sitting at a table in a classroom teaching students.

When Education Becomes the Battlefield

Education today is a battlefield. Book bans, attacks on history, and efforts to erase memory are all tactics used to silence the truth. If education is to matter, it must be practiced as freedom, not silence.

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Black school children in NOLA with a blue overlay next to a photo of the flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina

No Idea Too Radical: Inside New Orleans’ Dramatic K-12 Turnaround After Katrina

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina forced the reboot of New Orleans’ schools, academics, and college-going are up, but racial divides persist.

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Cast of the musical Suffs with Ida B. Wells at the center.

The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist

The 19th Amendment didn’t free all women. Black women were betrayed by white suffragettes who chose racism over equality. Here’s the truth.

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Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters leading a state school board meeting

The Culture War Backfires: Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters Under Fire In Porn Video Scandal

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, known for censoring books and banning DEI lessons, is now under investigation after nude images were displayed during a Board of Education meeting in his office. Lawmakers demand accountability amid a growing scandal.

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