Meet Vladimir Medinsky, Putin’s Ghostwriter From the shadows, Vladimir Medinsky has helped construct the ideological edifice of Russia today.
Textbooks for Russian High Schoolers Try to Justify Ukraine War The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies.
Ron DeSantis Wants to Tell the Future by Controlling the Past The history we teach to students in the present is as much about the country we hope to be as it is a record of the country we once were.
Florida Rejects Dozens of Social Studies Textbooks, and Forces Changes in Others The state objected to content on topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, socialism and why some citizens ‘take a knee’ during the national anthem.
Indian Textbooks Purged of Material Modi’s Party Finds Objectionable The changes removed or shrank references to Hindu extremism, the country’s secular foundation and India’s long Muslim history.