Telling a more truthful past, so we can build a more hopeful future
Today, February 7th, is Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 155th birthday. She is known globally as a beloved children’s author and chronicler of 19th century American pioneer life. Yet in recent years, the legacy of her Little House book series has becometarnished by claims of racism, due to the portrayal of native peoples. In perhaps the most dramatic example of this, in 2018 the American Library Association removed Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from its prestigious children’s literature award citing culturally insensi
While such debates over difference and belonging in the U.S. have a long history, the current polarization especially between Democrats and Republicans has taken the fight to new levels. Former president Trump took special interest in this fight, forming the 1776 Commission as a self-described patriotic counterpoint to the 1619 Project . Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones at the New York Times, the project re-narrates the history of the United States as fundamentally built not