When citizens invoked Utah's new "sensitive content" law to force the district to remove the Bible from school libraries, some hoped they had achieved a coup demonstrating the folly of the law. But the Bible has long been a part of cultural conflicts focused on schools, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon.

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25.06.2023

The Roundup Top Ten for June 23, 2023 | History News Network

The top opinion writing by historians and about history from around the web this week.

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03.07.2023

SCOTUS Declares Race-Aware Admissions at Harvard, UNC Unconstitutional | History News Network

The decision makes most race-based affirmative action admission policies at selective universities illegal. Historians discuss the decision, the history behind it, and the likely effects.

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11.08.2023

Martha Hodes Talks "My Hijacking" with HNN | History News Network

In 1970, when she was 12, Martha Hodes was held hostage for nearly a week in a campaign of airline hijacking that captured world attention. She discusses trauma and erasure in the historical record, the roles of remembering and forgetting in shaping views of the past, and how she investigated herself as a historial actor.

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Was a Utah District's Decision to Remove the Bible from Shelves a Win for the Anti-Anti-Woke? History Says Maybe Not | History News Network

The Roundup Top Ten for June 23, 2023 | History News Network

SCOTUS Declares Race-Aware Admissions at Harvard, UNC Unconstitutional | History News Network

Martha Hodes Talks "My Hijacking" with HNN | History News Network

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