The Biden administration is working to rejoin the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), but Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee say they will refuse to provide the necessary funding, explains journalist Alex Newman in this episode of Crossroads with Joshua Philipp.
Newman, who broke the story, offers insight into why the Trump administration–and President Reagan before that–decided to exit the controversial UN agency. Among other concerns, the organization’s leadership is filled with extremists and corruption, according to insiders. Even after leaving, however, UNESCO’s influence continued in U.S. classrooms.