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August 4, 2021

Nomination of Catherine Lhamon Fails Senate Committee Vote

Teresa R. Manning

In an astonishing turn of events, the Senate Committee on Education fails to garner enough votes to appoint Lhamon to her former position at the Office of Civil Rights.

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August 3, 2021

Video: 1800-1840: The Second Great Awakening

National Association of Scholars

Watch this webinar to learn what sparked the Second Great Awakening, its effects on America's culture, and how it strengthened the role of Protestant denominations in the political sphere.

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August 3, 2021

“Compromise” on Action Civics Doesn’t Work

David Acevedo

Why the Fordham Institute’s action civics olive branch is a grave error.

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July 29, 2021

Critique of the Fordham Institute's "The State of State Standards for Civics and U.S. History in 2021"

David Randall

In its review of state history and civics standards, the Fordham Institute has embraced Action Civics for the sake of compromise. This is a grave mistake.

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July 29, 2021

The American Regime and Its Moral Ground

Hadley Arkes

Lincoln reminded us that the Union, the American republic, was older than the Constitution. The Constitution was made, as it said, for “a more perfect Union.”

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