Saving John Silber

On June 12, 2021, the National Education Association (NEA) took a stand. As part of the "National Day of Action to Teach the Truth," the union's president, Becky Pringle, issued a statement condemning legislative restrictions on the teaching of critical race theory, which "keep kids from learning our shared stories of confronting injustice to build a more perfect union." This day of action embodied the left-of-center pseudo embrace of American tradition. Thus, it should come as no surprise that the organization behind the event was the Zinn Education Project, whose namesake, Howard Zinn, famously developed an approach to history that emphasizes American injustice and downplays American achievement.