@contrapossum.bsky.social
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Trump and the GOP are waging war on an educated public. They don’t want Americans to develop critical thinking and a sense of history so they are undermining public education through vouchers for religious schools, attacking universities, and decimating the Department of Education.
April 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Trump and the GOP are waging war on an educated public. They don’t want Americans to develop critical thinking and a sense of history so they are undermining public education through vouchers for religious schools, attacking universities, and decimating the Department of Education.
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In face of ongoing white supremacist violence, voter suppression, & anti-history education EOs & laws, 250 U.S. history scholars signed a letter urging school districts to devote more time & resources to teaching the Reconstruction era.
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www.teachreconstructionreport.org/open-letter
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www.teachreconstructionreport.org/open-letter
An Open Letter on the Need to Teach the Reconstruction Era — Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle
This letter has been signed by more than 190 scholars of U.S. history. It can be presented to school districts by teachers, scholars, parents, students, and other concerned community members. We will ...
www.teachreconstructionreport.org
April 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In face of ongoing white supremacist violence, voter suppression, & anti-history education EOs & laws, 250 U.S. history scholars signed a letter urging school districts to devote more time & resources to teaching the Reconstruction era.
Read & share
www.teachreconstructionreport.org/open-letter
Read & share
www.teachreconstructionreport.org/open-letter
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#tdih 1835
"Instead of attempting to remove the honest misapprehensions of the people, they cater to their prejudices, and take advantage of them, to gain low, dirty, temporary, local triumphs."
-- Thaddeus Stevens, in speech in defense of public schools ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
"Instead of attempting to remove the honest misapprehensions of the people, they cater to their prejudices, and take advantage of them, to gain low, dirty, temporary, local triumphs."
-- Thaddeus Stevens, in speech in defense of public schools ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
April 11, 1835: Thaddeus Stevens Gives Speech in Defense of Free Schools Act
Thaddeus Stevens gave a speech in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in defense of the Free Schools Act of 1834, which moved the state House to vote against repeal and the Senate to take anothe...
www.zinnedproject.org
April 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
#tdih 1835
"Instead of attempting to remove the honest misapprehensions of the people, they cater to their prejudices, and take advantage of them, to gain low, dirty, temporary, local triumphs."
-- Thaddeus Stevens, in speech in defense of public schools ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
"Instead of attempting to remove the honest misapprehensions of the people, they cater to their prejudices, and take advantage of them, to gain low, dirty, temporary, local triumphs."
-- Thaddeus Stevens, in speech in defense of public schools ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/th...
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Call Governor McMaster NOW at 803-734-2100! Use the following script on the photo below.
#justiceformikalmahdi #scadp #shameonSC #StopExecutions #EndTheDeathPenalty
#justiceformikalmahdi #scadp #shameonSC #StopExecutions #EndTheDeathPenalty
April 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Call Governor McMaster NOW at 803-734-2100! Use the following script on the photo below.
#justiceformikalmahdi #scadp #shameonSC #StopExecutions #EndTheDeathPenalty
#justiceformikalmahdi #scadp #shameonSC #StopExecutions #EndTheDeathPenalty
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DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵
April 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵
Yesterday at the South Carolina State House, I watched the Republican Party push through a Jim Crow segregationist bill with no fiscal impact survey completed, no entertaining of any amendments that weren’t given to them by the Heritage Foundation and no answer to why it was needed or helpful
April 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday at the South Carolina State House, I watched the Republican Party push through a Jim Crow segregationist bill with no fiscal impact survey completed, no entertaining of any amendments that weren’t given to them by the Heritage Foundation and no answer to why it was needed or helpful
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Read the words of Brad Sigmon's lawyer, Bo King, who describes what it's like to witness a firing squad execution. King is the chief of the Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit (part of the Federal Public Defender’s Office):
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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I saw South Carolina use a firing squad to execute a man. I am sick with rage. | Opinion
I watched my client's execution by firing squad. He chose it after three lethal injection executions left men lingering on a gurney for 20 minutes.
www.usatoday.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Read the words of Brad Sigmon's lawyer, Bo King, who describes what it's like to witness a firing squad execution. King is the chief of the Capital Habeas Unit for the Fourth Circuit (part of the Federal Public Defender’s Office):
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
55s
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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““770,000 plus students lost access to books that one parent complained about, and that just feels very un-American,” says Mary Foster, with the group “Families Against Book Bans” out of Beaufort, SC.”
Proud of local org FABB for standing up for all SC children💙
www.abccolumbia.com/2025/02/19/s...
Proud of local org FABB for standing up for all SC children💙
www.abccolumbia.com/2025/02/19/s...
SC House Dems call for amendments to public schools' book banning process - ABC Columbia
"This legislation really is about protecting and having the backs of librarians across our state," says Bauer.
www.abccolumbia.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
““770,000 plus students lost access to books that one parent complained about, and that just feels very un-American,” says Mary Foster, with the group “Families Against Book Bans” out of Beaufort, SC.”
Proud of local org FABB for standing up for all SC children💙
www.abccolumbia.com/2025/02/19/s...
Proud of local org FABB for standing up for all SC children💙
www.abccolumbia.com/2025/02/19/s...