George H.W. Bush: “Today I have signed into law S. 838, the 'Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992.'”

More than 220 years later, Washington's warning feels strikingly relevant.

bigotry seems emboldened.

Think of every problem, every challenge we face. The solution to each starts with education.

This means that people of every race, religion, ethnicity can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.