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How Republicans Just Killed PBS & NPR: Trump’s Funding Cut Explained

How Republicans Just Killed PBS & NPR: Trump’s Funding Cut Explained

In the middle of the night Senate Republicans narrowly passed President Trump’s rescissions package. This claws back about $9 billion in funding already approved by congress. This bill would completely defund public broadcasting (like NPR & PBS) and would cut about $8 billion dollars from several foreign aid and peacekeeping programs. This video explains how […]

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearing on media bias

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene calls on NPR, PBS to appear for hearing on media bias

They’re in the doge house now. Firebrand Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday demanded that NPR and PBS bigs appear before her House DOGE subcommittee to field questions about their “systemically biased content.” The Republican congresswoman, 50, highlighted the hefty federal funding that the two alleged liberal media outlets receive and groused about their […]

California Wildfire Aid Politics-NPR Morning Edition

California Wildfire Aid Politics-NPR Morning Edition

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, a skeptic of federal aid for California wildfire victims and an anti-science, climate change skeptic discusses his disinclination to sending aid to wildfire-damaged California communities. Senator Johnson has shown a pattern of opposition to disaster relief legislation, but all or nearly all of these bills have passed the Senate with […]

How Do White Americans Learn About Black People?

How Do White Americans Learn About Black People?

What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their perceptions and beliefs about race in America? Are […]

How Has Black Rap Influenced White Views?

How Has Black Rap Influenced White Views?

What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their perceptions and beliefs about race in America? Are […]

How Do White Americans Learn About Black People?

How Do White Americans Learn About Black People?

“I Did See Black People in Pop Culture” What do White Americans learn – in the classroom, in the media, and in life – about race and about our racial history growing up? How does media, popular music (like rap), and what we learn about history impact the way Black Americans are viewed and their […]

Do Black Americans Understand The White American Experience?

Do Black Americans Understand The White American Experience?

Is it also valid and important to look at the effects of slavery on poor White Americans to understand how it shaped their views and feelings? Can we teach American history in a way that captures the unique experiences and perspectives of both Black & White Americans but doesn’t breed defensiveness and divisions among Americans? […]

Should American History Be Taught Through Racial Viewpoints?

Should American History Be Taught Through Racial Viewpoints?

Should every history lesson be taught through the lens of racial and other identities? Can using race as a way to frame our education go too far, as expressed by opponents of “critical race theory” and “anti-racism” approaches? Can we teach our history in a way that captures the unique experiences and perspectives of Black […]