American exceptionalism Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/american-exceptionalism/ A platform for change Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:39:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Cormac McCarthy’s fiction was a dark counter-narrative to American optimism https://flux.community/paul-giles/2023/06/cormac-mccarthys-fiction-was-a-dark-counter-narrative-to-american-optimism/ Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:39:45 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13777 It is testimony to Cormac McCarthy’s reputation as a writer of dark and violent fictions that his publishers should explicitly have stated in their press release on Tuesday that his death was due to “natural causes”. Normally the passing of a famous author at the age of 89 might be regarded as part of the natural cycle […]

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]]> Texas education board moves to delay updates to social studies curriculum after conservative pushback https://flux.community/brian-lopez/2022/08/texas-education-board-moves-to-delay-updates-to-social-studies-curriculum-after-conservative-pushback/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:00:23 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12182 After facing pressure from conservatives over proposed updates to the state’s social studies curriculum scheduled for this year, the State Board of Education on Tuesday took a step to delay the revision until 2025. Instead, the board agreed in a 7-2 preliminary vote to only adjust the curriculum with directives to comply with the state’s 2021 law […]

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]]> The myth of American exceptionalism is just as much a myth about ourselves https://flux.community/anna-tarkov/2021/06/myth-american-exceptionalism-about-ourselves/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:00:00 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/06/myth-american-exceptionalism-about-ourselves/ The post The myth of American exceptionalism is just as much a myth about ourselves appeared first on Flux.

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