A few things online that caught my attention this week: Race reductionism Low voter turnout in historical context Diversity, equity, and inclusion in history context Why the first 100 days matter The office Is the nation back? Small-town revivals “We […]
Archives for May 2021
Current rolls into week five!
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Commonplace Book #196
It may well seem to you –as it does to some of my acquaintances–that I have a sort of obsession about this business of the right attitude to work. But I do insist upon it, because it seems to me […]
Oklahoma is trying to ban the teaching of critical race theory. What does this mean for how U.S. history is taught in the state?
Here is Janelle Stecklein at The Ada News: A bill attempting to ban the teaching of “critical race theory” in Oklahoma’s public schools cleared the Legislature Thursday. House Bill 1775, which also bans mandatory gender and sexual diversity training for […]
Nikole Hannah-Jones of 1619 Project fame joins the faculty of the University of Carolina at Chapel Hill
Here is the Associated Press: Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will join the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s journalism school in July as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism. Hannah-Jones, who covers […]
Conor Lamb for Senate?
It looks like the moderate Democratic congressman from western Pennsylvania might make a run at Pat Toomey’s open seat in 2022. Here is Sarah Ferris and James Arkin at Politico: Rep. Conor Lamb has begun telling some donors and supporters […]
The Wheaton College professor who teaches critical race theory
Over at Sojourners, Mitchell Atencio interviews Wheaton College (IL) philosophy professor Nathan Cartagena. Here is a taste of the interview: Mitchell Atencio, Sojourners: Because critical race theory has become such a hot-button issue, especially in white evangelical circles, do you […]