Hard truths: Russia’s invasion and our own strong-arm history
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces the U.S. to acknowledge and evolve from its own international bullying history.
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Read MorePosted by Kent Mick | Mar 23, 2022 | Columns, 2022, Archives, Central Iowa, Education, March 2022
What would Mr. Smith think of the censorship happening in public schools today? Grinnell High School history teacher Kent Mick asks.
Read MoreIowa is caught in the middle: middle America, middle-class, middle income, right in the middle of the country. The town where I teach, Grinnell, is in the middle of Iowa. And now, teachers like me are in the middle of a cultural...
Read MorePosted by Kent Mick | Jan 11, 2022 | Columns, Archives, Education, Illinois, Iowa, January 2022, Politics and Voting
For a cue on how to handle January 6 in classrooms and beyond, history teacher Kent Mick recalls Eisenhower’s stance to support desegregation in 1957.
Read MorePosted by Kent Mick | Mar 12, 2021 | 2021, Archives, Arts, Central Iowa, Iowa, March 2021, Men
By KENT MICK I can’t imagine how exhausted people of color are when it comes to America. I can’t...
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