How American classrooms gloss over slavery and its enduring legacy

Post Reports

EpisodeAug 30, 201921m

How American classrooms gloss over slavery and its enduring legacy

Post Reports

EpisodeAug 30, 201921m

Joe Heim examines the glossing over of the history of slavery in American textbooks and schools. Plus, Lisa Bonos and Linah Mohammad question the supposed magic of the summer fling.

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