A new picture book, Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States, fails to teach children the realities of immigration according to our Social Justice Books team. The book romanticizes the immigration process in the United States — quite a contrast to the reality of I.C.E. raids and kidnappings. Read our review. …
Posted: October 12, 2025 by Allison Acosta
New Picture Book Romanticizes U.S. Immigration
A new picture book, Some of Us: A Story of Citizenship and the United States, fails to teach children the realities of immigration according to our Social Justice Books team. The book romanticizes the immigration process in the United States — quite a contrast to the reality of I.C.E. raids and kidnappings. Read our review. …
Posted: January 15, 2016 by Deborah
NOT Recommended: A Birthday Cake for George Washington
UPDATE We are pleased to share that the widespread response to the publication of A Birthday Cake for George Washington has led to its recall by Scholastic. This is a wonderful victory in record speed. We must keep up the pressure modeled in this campaign to make sure that children learn the truth and can shape a better …
Posted: December 12, 2014 by Deborah
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Implications for Organizing Today
By Timothy L. Jenkins If the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the sixties had had the benefit of Horne’s book, The Counter Revolution Of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America, the foundation and the articulation of our movement would have been radically different. Instead of resting our outrage on …