Inequality and Dishonesty Will Kill Democracy
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost On November 2, 2022, less than a week before the recent national election, President Biden delivered a speech warning against voter intimidation, political…
Celeste Ng’s Piercing Portrayal of the Dystopia in Which We Live
Reading “Our Missing Hearts” becomes an exercise in recognizing the many ways today’s America is already a nightmare.
Ron DeSantis’ Strategic Delusions
American history continues to be rewritten as the conversation around education heats up.
Censorship: From Book Burning to Racist Babies
On the 40th Anniversary of Banned Books Week, Jim Mamer examines the way in which more school districts are banning books that are narrowly focused on LGBTQIA+ issues, sexual identity…
The President Gets an “F” in American History
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost For 35 years I taught high school classes in politics, economics and American history. And for 35 years I struggled against a mythological…
Patriotic History is Fake History
Feel-good stories and the series of platitudes studied in elementary and secondary textbooks is no way to teach the young.