The Education Exchange: Top Academic Journal Sees America Through a Glass Darkly

Analysis of articles published by American Quarterly over three years found little positive about U.S.

Photo of Richard D. KahlenbergRichard D. Kahlenberg, Director of the American Identity Project at the Progressive Policy Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Kahlenberg’s new report, which investigates how American Quarterly has covered American studies and history in the wake of President Donald Trump’s one-sided treatment.

The Distortion of American Studies: How the Field’s Leading Journal Has Embraced a Worldview as Slanted as Donald Trump’s,” co-written with Lief Lin, is available now at Progressive Policy Institute.

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