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February 22, 2022

Review: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

Tom Mackaman

The front cover of the recently released book version of the New York Times’ 1619 Project speaks as much in a few short words as the following 600 pages of text.

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November 30, 2021

The New 1619 Project Book Tells the Same Old Story

David Acevedo

Two years later, Nikole Hannah-Jones and the NYT are back with more 1619 antics.

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November 24, 2021

North Dakota Bans CRT, 1619 Returns, and Wisconsin Parents File Suit

John D. Sailer

Although the heated debates of the last few months have simmered down for the holidays, activists, policymakers, and parents still push competing visions of education.

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November 24, 2021

1619 Again: Revisiting the Project's Troubled Past

Peter Wood

New York Times editor Jake Silverstein's new essay on the 1619 Project attempts to glide past the awkwardness that accompanied the project’s early days. Let's set the record straigh......

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May 27, 2021

Nikole Hannah-Jones at the Summit

Peter Wood

Hannah-Jones has now begun the descent that favored radicals of the past—these figures retain a die-hard following, to be sure, but they cease to matter in any larger sense.

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May 24, 2021

The Jay Bergman Debacle: An Extended Study in Academic Cancel Culture

Peter Wood

CCSU Professor of History and long-time NAS Board member Jay Bergman is under fire from colleagues, school superintendents, and the local media. His crime? Criticizing the 1619 Project.

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May 17, 2021

Keeping the Republic

Peter Wood

Schools that welcome and endorse neo-racism are sowing the seeds of misery for a whole generation of Americans.

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January 22, 2021

The 1776 Commission Report Reinvigorates the American Mind

Mike Sabo

The 1776 Report intends to rebaptize American citizens in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, reinvigorating the American mind in the twenty-first century.

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December 30, 2020

What to Worship, How to Obey: The New Rules of Cancel Culture

Peter Wood

Cancel culture is what we call the effort by leftists to banish people who defy the edicts of political correctness. The goalposts keep moving and cancellable offenses continue to expand. Are there an......

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December 8, 2020

Washington Schools Reject The 1619 Project

David Acevedo

Washington's 15 largest school districts have no plans to use 1619 Project-inspired K-12 history curricula, sparing nearly 400,000 students from pseudo-historical propaganda.

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