PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 16, 2025
Against the backdrop of protests in Los Angeles and the deployment of troops, President Trump continues to peddle his cultural revolution with a requirement for national parks to post signs aimed at removing any content that “inappropriately disparage(s) Americans past or living.” No longer is it OK to share the history of women and children massacred at Wounded Knee or the bloodshed at the Homestead Steel strike in Pittsburgh along with our positive achievements. Today, the story of Tiananmen Square is only known to the Chinese people through whispers. It has been erased from public display and discussion. Will Chairman Trump push us to the same moment in L.A. to advance his ideology of party thought? ~ Christopher Ring, York