Published inLessons from HistoryRacism Keeps Puerto Rico and Other Islands Under US Rule but Outside the ConstitutionUS Supreme Court rulings from 1901 labeled island residents “alien races,” letting Congress govern 3.6 million citizens without…4d agoA response icon24d agoA response icon2
Published inLessons from HistoryMore Kids End Up in Jail When Schools Use Suspension as a Tool for DisciplineExclusionary policies tag marginalized kids as troublemakers and steer them toward real cells.May 13A response icon9May 13A response icon9
Published inLessons from HistoryShe Traded Paintings for Survival at Auschwitz but Her Art Remains ImprisonedDina Babbitt survived Auschwitz after Joseph Mengele chose her Snow White mural and demanded twelve portraits.May 5May 5
Published inLessons from HistoryGermany Confronts Its Past but America Still Hides the Scars of Slavery and Native SufferingOne nation teaches every child about Kristallnacht while many states still block lessons on Jim Crow and Native American removal.Apr 29A response icon56Apr 29A response icon56
Published inLessons from HistoryJesse Owens’ Four Gold Medals Could Not Stop Nazi Persecution of Black GermansAs “white humanity” was beaten on the Olympic track, the Rhineland Bastards were branded stateless and barred from school.Apr 25A response icon12Apr 25A response icon12
Published inLessons from HistoryNew York Times Buried Nazi Atrocities, Hiding the True Horror of the HolocaustLimited front page coverage meant that the true scale of Nazi persecution was hidden from public view.Apr 4A response icon2Apr 4A response icon2
Published inLessons from HistoryRacism Among American Presidents is a Thing of the Present … And the PastAmerica’s presidential racism goes back to slavery and still shapes our nation.Mar 21Mar 21
Published inLessons from HistoryWhy American Schools Can’t Stop Holding ‘Mock Slave Auctions’When schools reenact slavery, they teach students racism — not history.Mar 12A response icon2Mar 12A response icon2
Published inLessons from HistoryAmerica’s First Black Pop Star Rose From Slavery to Buckingham PalaceElizabeth Greenfield faced racism, bullying, and death threats to become the Black Swan of music.Mar 11A response icon1Mar 11A response icon1
Published inLessons from HistoryHow the US Tax Code Hurts Women, LGBTQ+ People, and Black FamiliesWomen still have to pay taxes on menstrual products because they are considered a luxury.Mar 7A response icon1Mar 7A response icon1
