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        “This Is What Democracy Looks Like”
  Teaching students about the role children have played in the march for civil rights—historically and today—is just one of many ways teachers can bring the Women’s March into the classroom.
      
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        Thinking With Hannah Arendt About Responsibility
  What makes 20th-century political theorist Hannah Arendt’s analysis so relevant to our times, and what might educators gain from studying her works?
      
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        Proposed Bill: An Ethnic Studies Ban "on Steroids"
  Exploring our differences does not divide us; it highlights our identities and reveals our shared humanity.
      
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        What’s a Sanctuary City Anyway?
  The news has been abuzz with the term sanctuary city since President Trump issued an executive order on the matter. Attorney Naomi Tsu, who directs the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Immigrant Justice Project, explains exactly what sanctuary cities are.
      
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        “That Part’s Not True”
  Many teachers in the United States will include a lesson on Emmett Till as an introduction to the civil rights movement or as part of their Black History Month plans. This year, it’s time to modify the lesson.
      
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        Executive Orders and Checks and Balances
  Looking for straightforward information about executive orders to share with your students? Teaching Tolerance Director Maureen Costello breaks it down.
      
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        What Do I Say to Students About Immigration Orders?
  Educators are fielding questions from students about recently issued executive orders on immigration, refugee resettlement and a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Here are some suggestions for how to best answer students.