CRITICAL RACE THEORY

The Florida governor earns political capital from uprooting "critical race theory" in his state's math books without having to actually demonstrate any examples of critical race theory.

Former President Donald Trump told rallygoers in South Carolina to "lay down their very lives" to defend the US against Critical Race Theory.

Today, we define, explain, and take listeners' questions about Critical Race Theory.

Virginia’s newly sworn in Republican governor Glenn Youngkin signed 11 executive actions on his first day in office including ending the use of Critical Race Theory, investigating wrongdoing in Loudoun county Virginia, and allowing parents to decide if their children wear masks in schools.

Critical Race Theory is not taught in schools. College professors say it is an overarching theory researched in college-level courses.

Sen. Ted Cruz, a Republican of Texas, taught school board candidates that Critical Race Theory is "taking our schools by a storm." Now his lecture is being circulated as an e-book among conservatives.

An Indianapolis school administrator who went viral for explaining how his district is pushing Critical Race Theory on children has been locked out of his email and Google Drive accounts and been told to work from home because he was causing other staff members “anxiety.”

Gen Z Is the most politically active generation in decades. But some members don't want future employers to know that. As they try to launch their careers, some young job applicants are scrubbing political activism from their resumes to avoid offending future employers.

School issues are pitting Americans against one another, but they aren’t sure-fire winners for either party.

After canceling a virtual visit by an award-winning children’s author earlier this month, Katy ISD went forward with the appearance Monday.

Katy Independent School District said they reinstated an award-winning children’s author books more than a week after parents claimed the subject matter promoted “critical race theory.”

A Virginia-based parent organization advocating for the ouster of five Loudoun County School Board members scored a small victory in its bid to remove one member after a judge ruled that the group's recall petition could advance to trial.

Katy Independent School District said they have “temporarily” removed books by an award-winning children’s author from their library shelves after an outcry from parents claiming the subject matter promotes critical race theory.

The decision followed several weeks of controversy during which James Whitfield tried to publicly clear his name. Some students have come to their principal's defense as parents demand his termination.

A new law targeting critical race theory has some teachers upset about restrictions the legislation puts on discussions in the classroom.

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On Friday's show: How the Delta variant of the coronavirus is manifesting itself in the area, an educator's experience teaching Critical Race Theory, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week, and actor Michael Rosenbaum.

Republicans see it as a winning issue at the polls next year. So move over God, guns and abortion; make way for CRT.

Cracking down on Critical Race Theory is on Gov. Greg Abbott's agenda for the Texas legislative special session that began this week. But Texas educators say they don't teach it, and experts say most people — including critics — don’t even know what is.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is derived from the Marxist Critical Theory by using race as the means of dividing the population by racial identifications instead of other classifications of the oppressed and the oppressors. Without exception, any person (and his/her race) is either an oppressor or oppressed or both; but that only the white race is privileged by not being oppressed by another race.

Critical race theory? Transcript from the speech shows little mention of it.

The clash over "critical race theory" — aside from whatever the term now connotes in the public imagination — appears to be a supercharged spinoff of a deeper dispute between conservatives and pretty much every other group in the United States.

Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastSave yourselves! Run from the latest menace unleashed by the Marxist forces of wokeness to indoctrinate our children, replace our democracy, and threaten our cherished American values! Critical Race Theory is right around the corner!If we don’t immediately cancel and ban it, it will soon take over the country and transform our innocent, naive youth into anti-American socialists who reject the gospel of capitalism, believe structural racism exists

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Thursday that would block federal funding for teaching critical race theory in the workplace.

Liberals are unleashing savage critiques of the critics of CRT, but they're saying almost nothing about the simple-minded counter-homilies of their own allies

The critical race theory fight is part of a much bigger debate

The letter was signed by six members of Congress who represent S.C.

Greg Abbott joins numerous states that have passed bills banning the incorporation of critical race theory in public education.

The proposed ban comes as North Carolina is fighting over new social studies standards and the decision by UNC not to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones, the creator of The 1619 Project.

Banning Critical Race Theory in our schools is just another form of censorship and is denying children education (Letters to the Editor).

There is not only a racial exclusion to this decision. It is also stunningly dense.

Texas teachers could not be forced to take sides on any “currently controversial issues of public policy or social affairs” and would be limited in how they talk about things like systemic racism and white privilege if a new bill becomes law.

The Jan. 6 insurrection was an attack on democracy. The US must fully assess what happened at the Capitol and why. (Letters to the Editor)

Our Republican lawmakers have spent much of the last decade trying to repeal the 1960s. Now they’ve cast their eyes on the 1920s as well.