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New Russian high school history textbook blames West for war in Ukraine

Ukraine

This coming school year, high school students in Russia will receive new history textbooks. They offer a rewritten rendition of Russian history that reflects the Kremlin’s narrative about the war in Ukraine. The textbooks are part of a wider effort by the state to tighten control over the flow of information.

Woman on street holds sign showing farmworkers marching in black and white photo

50 years later, protesters re-enact a farmworker strike that is scarcely mentioned in the history books

Justice