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    Where Things Stand: There’s Now A Bounty On Teachers Who Dare To Touch Race Issues In Classroom          
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      The far-right’s push to make America the Wild West again continues.
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    GOP’s Critical Race Theory Outrage Serves As Another Reminder Of White Evangelicals’ Political Influence      
  
    Evangelical morality sees social problems such as racism as the result of sinful individuals, not larger structures or institutions.  
  
  
    
    
    Where Things Stand: TX Dems’ Flight To DC Is Also Stalling GOP’s Anti-Critical Race Theory Bill          
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      Texas House Democrats venture to D.C. is not only keeping the state from passing restrictive voting laws during the state’s special session. It’s also at least temporarily blocking the state legislature from passing a new law that would further discourage teachers from discussing race and systemic racism in Texas classrooms.
    
    
    Where Things Stand: National Teachers Unions Vow To Defend Educators Punished Over Critical Race Theory          
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      While the conservative fever swamps’ fear mongering over critical race theory intensifies to new, unhinged heights, the nation’s largest teachers unions are vowing to stand behind educators if they are punished due to new state laws that try to limit or outright ban critical discussions on race, discrimination and the role it plays in American history.