Critical race theory has been around for decades — why’s it a powder keg now? - a podcast by Marketplace

If you’ve been tuned in to the culture war at all in the last six to 12 months, you’ve probably heard a lot about “critical race theory.” You’ve probably heard less about what it actually is. On today’s show, we’ll go deep with an actual critical race theorist on the nuances of what CRT is and isn’t, and what the recent controversy about CRT in schools has to do with the voting restrictions we talked about last week.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “What is critical race theory, and why do Republicans want to ban it in schools?” from The Washington Post, which gives context to the Christopher Rufo tweets we discussed.


• “See which states have passed critical race theory bills” from NBC News


• “Critical race theory battle invades school boards — with help from conservative groups” also from NBC News


• “Fox’s anti-“critical race theory” parents are also GOP activists” from Media Matters


• “California Has a Plan to Pay the Back Rent for Low-Income Tenants. All of It.” from The New York Times


• “Where the World’s Richest 1% Are Gaining Wealth the Fastest” from Bloomberg

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