Aaron Welt

Don't mess with history, Texas

This week, four different voices speak out about the recent revision of Texas’s textbooks.

By Benjamin Malec, Syed Hossain, Zach Sims, Maddy Joseph, Asher Hecht-Bernstein, and Aaron Welt | Mar 29 12:16 am ET

Learning from history

If there are any doubts about who funded this successful political onslaught, the Texas Freedom Network has issued a report on the financial sources sustaining the movement with religious right and corporate contributions heavily represented. In 2006, 11 influential pro-reform groups raised over $7 million to purchase the new history curriculum from the Texas State Board of Education. Once again, history was written by those willing and able to pay.

By Aaron Welt | Mar 28 10:11 pm ET

Crisis and history

History looks at the past and provides us with insight that becomes obvious with time. In fact, outcomes of decision making would surely be less detrimental if historical expertise was valued more in the chambers of power.

By Aaron Welt | Mar 30 07:04 pm ET

Celebrating Democracy With a National Holiday

The extravagance and abundance of media attention that habitually precedes a U.S. presidential election are already in full swing.

By Aaron Welt | Feb 10 09:26 pm ET

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