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10. Republican Extremism, MAGA Nihilism, and the rise of Ron DeSantis

Is This Democracy

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Is There a Systemic Racism in Public Education?

Sally Kohn: To say that systemic racism does not exist is actually just demonstrably false. She says conservatives are trying to enhance state control over public education, like Viktor Orban in China. Kohn: They know that this mobilizes conservative base very effectively. It's a truly extreme position, and it's made more extreme by the fact that the courts have tried to stop this, she says.

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