The General Assembly celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations at the 1872nd plenary meeting of the 25th session. Silent coverage shots depict Nocolae Ceausescu, President of Romania and delegates.
clear. across the country, a wave of bills have sought to ban the 1619 project, critical race theory and other, quote, divisive concepts, unquote, from the public sphere. this assault comes at a moment when many americans are realizing that they do not live in the country they were raised to believe in. the january 6th attack on the capitol, the deployment of secret police to portland and the constant b-roll of plaque people shot and tased by law enforcement has shocked the conscience of those who sincerely once thought themselves to be born into the world s oldest democracy. the shock, along with the work of countless, writers, historian, sociologists and other academics is a broad revisiting of the american story. it is now clear that the creation of america required not only the theft of labor and land, but a national myth which we made pirates into patriots. this long-held national myth is