A scholar of totalitarianism argues that new laws restricting the discussion of race in American schools have dire precedents in Europe. 

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The authors are a cross-partisan group of thinkers who have written extensively about authoritarianism, liberalism and free speech.

As hate incidents targeting Asians rose by over 200% in the San Francisco East Bay community of San Leandro, local activists and leaders came together to show solidarity with the Asian community on May 16, 2021. California's new attorney general Rob Bonta was in attendance, along with a number of other local leaders and community organizations. All were there to denounce the violence and stand together united against hate.

When Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character,” he aspired to a time when skin color did not matter. Yet, he recognized that simply by ignoring differences, the path to that time would never occur. New guest blog from Dr. Becki Cohn-Vargas.