Nov 26, 2025 | American History, Columbian Exchange, Culture War, History and Politics, Jonathan Zimmerman, Michael Medved, Native Americans, Pilgrims, PragerU, Propaganda, Revisionism, Thanksgiving, White Supremacy |
by William Trollinger “The First Thanksgiving- 1621” Painting by Karen Rinaldo. Image via Plymouth400Inc. PragerU is not a university. It is not an accredited educational institution. It is, instead, a slick operation that produces all sorts of right-wing...
Sep 2, 2025 | American History, Butler Act, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, Dayton, Evolution, Glenn Branch, Herbert Wendt, History of Science, In Search of Adam, Inherit the Wind, Jerry Bergman, John Scopes, Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette, Misinformation, National Center for Science Education, Raymond Dart, Science Education, Science Service, Scopes Trial, The Other Side of the Scopes Trial, Walter White, Watson Davis |
by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...
Aug 19, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, Abolition, American History, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Confederate Statues, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Founder's Rhetoric, Fugitive Slave Act, Inherent Rights, Insurrection, January 6, 2021, Jim Crow, John C. Calhoun, Martin Luther King, Jr., Reconstruction, Second Ku Klux Klan, Slavery, Systemic Racism, Voting Rights, White Christian Nationalism, White Evangelical Racism |
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white Christian nationalism and education. A link to the complete article can...
Apr 14, 2025 | American Historical Association, American History, Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Lincoln School Story, National Endowment for the Humanities, Ohio Humanities Council, Public Humanities |
by William Trollinger KKK members gather in Dayton, Ohio on July 24, 1923. Image via Dayton Metro Library. On April 03 the Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE) sent an email – from a nongovernmental email address (which meant that many of these emails ended up...
Feb 3, 2025 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American Historical Association, American History, Black Reconstruction, Civil Rights Movement, Civil War, Communism, Constitution, Culture War, Donald Trump, Executive Orders, Fascism, History and Politics, Indoctrination, Jerry Davis, John C. Calhoun, Kevin Kruse, Reconstruction, Slavery |
by William Trollinger Last Wednesday the Trump Administration issued an executive order entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” which has as its goal to end “federal funding or support for illegal and discriminatory treatment and indoctrination in...
Nov 26, 2024 | 1619 Project, 1776 Commission, American Exceptionalism, American History, Christian Nationalism, Donald Trump, English, Mayflower, Native Americans, New Apostolic Reformation, Pilgrims, Project 2025, Religious Freedom, Slavery, Squanto, Thanksgiving, Thomas Hunt, Tom Cotton, Wampanoag People, White Christian Nationalism, White Evangelical Racism, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger First-grader Thanksgiving Drawing. Via BlogHoppin. Anyone who is paying attention at all knows that White Christian Nationalism is alive and well and on the rise in America. It’s everywhere, and these folks are thrilled that Trump the...
