Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like; The New York Times, November 21, 2024

 , The New York Times; Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like

"The slashing of core classes across the state, which has often been based on course titles and descriptions, is meant to comply with a state law passed last year that curbed “identity politics” in the curriculum. The law also bars classes from the core that “distort significant historical events” or that include theories that “systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of the United States.”

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

How Congress dismantled federal Internet privacy rules; Washington Post, May 30, 2017

Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post; How Congress dismantled federal Internet privacy rules

"When Senate Republicans passed the bill the following day on a narrow party-line vote, the issue finally exploded across the Internet and in mainstream, liberal and conservative media.