"The museum has removed references to Martin Luther King Jr., Japanese internment, Native Americans, union organizers, and birth control, because presenting American history honestly would make Republicans upset. "
Do not yield in advance. This is a bow to the far-right as much as the block on the endorsement of Harris in the Washington Post was. Ironically this piece comes from the same paper.
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It’s Going to Take a Constant Fight to Preserve the Historical Record
The National Archives museum is backsliding into a sanitized mythological retelling of American history. Don’t assume the truth will prevail.Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs Inc)