For years, religious-right groups screamed that President Obama was ignoring the imprisonment of a Christian pastor in Iran. The American Family Association (a prominent backer of former Texas governor Rick Perry) has been so hateful that it even suggested the president cares more about Muslims than he does a Christian like that pastor, Saeed Abedini. Then […]
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The Week in Quotes (Jan. 10 – 16)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
David Barton Gives Platform to Notorious Anti-Muslim Hysteric Who Hosted White Nationalist
Phony historian and religious-right pooh-bah David Barton and his sidekick Rick Green (who is seeking a seat on the Texas Supreme Court) hosted one of the country’s most notorious anti-Muslim hysterics on their radio program this week. The WallBuilders Live! program Monday and Tuesday featured a discussion with Frank Gaffney, a man the Southern Poverty Law Center compares to the […]
Progress in Texas Textbook Battle: Publishers Agree to Key Changes
As the State Board of Education prepares this week to vote on which new social studies textbooks to approve for Texas public schools, we are encouraged that publishers are making a number of changes to problematic passages in their texts. In each of these instances, publishers are responding to serious concerns by scholars working with […]
The Week in Quotes (Jan. 3 – 9)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
