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Haunted by the Reagan Era

Past defeats still scare older Democratic leaders — but not the younger generation.
by Ryan Grim via Washington Post
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on July 5, 2019

How USDA Distorted Data to Conceal Decades of Discrimination Against Black Farmers

An investigation found that USDA promoted misleading historical data which ultimately cost black farmers land, money, and agency.
by Nathan Rosenberg, Bryce Wilson Strucki via The Counter on June 26, 2019
An Afghan and a US soldier on a joint patrol.

Back to the Long War: Helmand Province Eight Years Later

Hundreds of Marines lost their lives in Helmand. Former Marine Christopher Jones returns to see what those losses achieved.
by Christopher Jones via Pacific Standard on June 6, 2019
"American Progress" (1872) by John Gast

Jill Lepore on Early American Ideas of Nationalism

"Inevitably, the age of national bootblacks and national oyster houses and national blacksmiths produced national history books."
by Jill Lepore via Literary Hub on June 4, 2019

The Making of the Military-Intellectual Complex

Why is U.S. foreign policy dominated by an unelected, often reckless cohort of “the best and the brightest”?
by Daniel Bessner via The New Republic
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on May 29, 2019

A Parade of Imperial Presidencies

Trump is just the latest in a long line of executives to stiff-arm the Constitution and ignore congressional powers.
by Ivan Eland via The American Conservative on May 24, 2019

The Political Odyssey of Sean Wilentz

How one of America's original Bernie Bros became an outspoken critic of the left.
by Timothy Shenk via The Nation
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on May 20, 2019

‘Orientalism,’ Then and Now

Edward Said's Orientalism is still with us forty years after his influential book’s publication, but it is not the same as it was.
by Adam Shatz via New York Review of Books
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on May 20, 2019

Joe Biden's Audacity of Grief

On the mournful threads connecting his half-century in politics.
by George Blaustein via The New Republic
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on May 16, 2019

Now You See It, Now You Don't

On the danger that the US government's habit of redacting official documents poses to democracy.
by Karen J. Greenberg via Tom Dispatch on May 14, 2019

An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry

His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.
by David A. Graham, Parker Richards, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy via The Atlantic
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on May 13, 2019
Men detained during anti-government demonstrations in Buenos Aires in 1982.

Secret Archives Show US Helped Argentine Military Wage ‘Dirty War’ That Killed 30,000

The archives narrate the human rights abuses committed by Argentina’s military government, often with the assistance of the US.
by Rut Diamint via The Conversation on May 10, 2019
LBJ at his desk writing.

A Brief History of Slavery Reparation Promises

Several 2020 presidential candidates have called for reparations for slavery in the U.S.
by John Torpey via The Conversation on April 11, 2019
Lithograph of the Reconstruction-era Black Senators and Congressmen.

How the South Won the Civil War

During Reconstruction, true citizenship finally seemed in reach for black Americans. Then their dreams were dismantled.
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker
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on April 1, 2019
Immigrants after their arrival in Ellis Island by ship in 1902.

Not So Evident

How experts and their facts created immigration restriction.
by Katherine Benton-Cohen via Perspectives on History on March 25, 2019

The Toxic Legacy of the Korean War

The Korean War upended the constitutional balance of war powers. It has been cited by presidents ever since.
by Mary L. Dudziak via Washington Post
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on March 1, 2019

Why Has It Taken Us So Long to See Trump’s Weakness?

There’s a bad synergy at work between the short-termism of the news cycle and the longue durée-ism of the academy.
by Corey Robin via Intelligencer
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on February 20, 2019

What Presidential Announcements Reveal About the Candidates

The speeches present the country’s condition as a puzzle that’s missing one piece, which the candidate can supply.
by John Dickerson via The Atlantic
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on February 18, 2019
Henry Kissinger with North Vietnamese negotiators Le Duc Tho (left) and Xuan Thuyin in 1973.

How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger's Moves in Vietnam

The way America is ending its War in Afghanistan is comparable to how it pulled out of the conflict in Vietnam.
by David E. Kaiser via TIME on February 6, 2019
A modern adaption of Howard Chandler Christy’s 1940 painting, “Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States,” with contemporary players on both sides of the judicial contest.

How The Federalist Society is Helping Conservatives Win The Judicial War

It isn’t just about Supreme Court picks. The group’s impact on the law goes much deeper.
by David Montgomery via Washington Post Magazine
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on January 2, 2019
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