Change a high school U.S. history standard to downplay the positive impact of Progressive Era reforms and suggest that the work of the era’s reformers like Upton Sinclair, Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells and W.E.B. DuBois created a negative portrayal of America.

These reformers are a strength.

Some other societies celebrate their defects and perpetuate them.

McLeroy has no clue.