Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two years ago, the term critical race theory was largely unknown outside academia. This month, it helped determine an election. In ...

Runestad's proposal would ban the teaching of critical race theory, the 1619 Project and what the bill calls "anti-American academic theories" from a public school's curriculum.

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To hear some describe it, critical race theory is Marxism, a threat to the American way of life, reverse racism and a scheme to indoctrinate children. The reality is less sensationalistic. "It's a ...

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Critical race theory is the subject of discussion and protests in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the U.S. Much of that discussion is clouded in misinformation. We encourage you to read this explainer, ...

President Donald Trump has ordered all federal agencies to immediately stop funding any training that “teaches or suggests ” that the United States is a racist country, and he explicitly called out ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is pushing forward on a reworked civics education curriculum for K-12 students. For DeSantis, the new plan is as much on what it bans, as what it promotes.

Critical race theory is fast becoming America’s new institutional orthodoxy. Yet most Americans have never heard of it — and of those who have, many don’t understand it. This must change. We need to ...