These Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trumpâs Talking Points
Their religion-centered, anti-Democrat, anti-science, anti-multicultural message mirrors the Christian nationalism seen at the U.S. Capitol riot.
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Christian textbooks used in thousands of schools around the country teach that President Barack Obama helped spur destructive Black Lives Matter protests, that the Democratsâ choice of 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton reflected their focus on identity politics, and that President Donald Trump is the âfighterâ Republicans want, a HuffPost analysis has found.
The analysis, which focused on three popular textbooks from two major publishers of Christian educational materials â Abeka and BJU Press â looked at how the books teach the Trump era of politics. We found that all three are characterized by a skewed version of history and a sense that the country is experiencing an urgent
December 11, 2020
From a college romance to long-distance love from opposite sides of the country for two and a half years, this couple gathered their closest friends and family in Cincinnati for a Pinterest-inspired wedding on October 17, 2019.
Photograph by Rachel Rice, Adair Wedding Photography
Emma Dahnke and David Fernandez met at Pensacola Christian College in Florida thanks to Emma’s older sister, who pointed him out to her while shopping for textbooks. Emma told her sister right then, “I’m going to marry him.”
The couple enjoyed an intimate crowd of 80 guests for their big day, mostly planned by Emma’s Pinterest-active mother, church community, and her aunt, who flew the greenery in her checked bags from Florida.