The 2024 election revealed a troubling reality: Widespread miseducation and fear-mongering continue to shape political outcomes at the expense of people of color and marginalized communities.
This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans — restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities.
These attacks leave students and their families susceptible to rhetoric that scapegoats the most marginalized among us.
We cannot despair. SNCC veteran Courtland Cox asks: Who is going to control the narrative?
The answer is that we can shift the narrative if we equip young people with people’s history and critical thinking skills to make them impervious to lies.
When students learn about the mass deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, they realize that politicians today use the same divide and conquer rhetoric about “protecting jobs.”
When students study the climate crisis, they recognize the enormity of our predicament and learn strategies to address it.
A study of McCarthyism helps students recognize Red Scare tactics today.
This is why we need YOUR help. We offer free lessons for teachers on these topics and more. Help us reach tens of thousands more students in 2025.
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