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Cover of Rafael Rojas' new book.

Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go

A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by Patrick Iber via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 28, 2016

Soul Survivor

The revival and hidden treasure of Aretha Franklin.
by David Remnick via The New Yorker
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on April 4, 2016
Ross Perot speaking in front of a banner opposing NAFTA.

End of the End of History, Redux

Remember Perot?
by Frank Guan via n+1 on March 24, 2016
Eastern State Penitentiary, c. 1876.

A Brief History of Solitary Confinement

Dickens, Tocqueville, and the U.N. all agree about this American invention: It’s torture.
by Jean Casella, James Ridgeway via Longreads on February 2, 2016
Calvin Coolidge, Grace Coolidge, and Senator Charles Curtis.

Donald Trump and the Return of the 1920s

We are again caught between nationalists longing for an imagined past, and activists invoking ideals the nation has not attained.
by Richard Yeselson via The Atlantic
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on December 30, 2015

Race and the American Creed

Recovering black radicalism.
by Aziz Rana via n+1 on December 7, 2015

When People Flee to America’s Shores

We are a nation of immigrants and refugees. Yet we always fear who is coming next.
by Jamelle Bouie via Slate
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on November 17, 2015
Over the next 50 years, Asians will surge past Latinos to become the largest group of immigrants heading to the U.S., according to a new study. Above, a naturalization ceremony in New York City in 2013.

The Law That Created Illegal Immigration

Discussion of the Hart-Cellar Act that was passed 50 years ago.
by Jane H. Hong via Los Angeles Times on October 2, 2015
Pilgrims going to church armed with guns.

God and Guns

Patrick Blanchfield tracks the long-standing entanglement of guns and religion in the United States. Part 1 of 2.
by Patrick Blanchfield via The Revealer on September 25, 2015
W.E.B. Du Bois

Struggle and Progress

On the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.
by Eric Foner via Jacobin
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on August 17, 2015

'I Want My Country Back' and Exclusionary Visions of America

"You're taking over our country" echoes long-held narratives and has renewed prominence in conservative discourse.
by Ben Railton via We're History on June 26, 2015
Woman shielding her face with a newspaper reporting "Cops Fired 41 Shots."

The Social Construction of Race

Race is a social fiction imposed by the powerful on those they wish to control.
by Brian Jones via Jacobin
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on June 25, 2015
Collage drawing of elements of US-Cuba relations, including JFK, Castro, missiles, a journalist at a typewriter, and soldiers from both sides carrying guns.

Cuba Libre

Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.
by Peter Kornbluh via The Nation
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on March 23, 2015

50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack

The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
by Ari Berman via The Nation
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on March 5, 2015

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
by Ari Berman via The Nation
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on February 25, 2015
Cross-shaped steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center

Disasters and the Politics of Memory

The challenges involved in constructing the 9-11 Museum in New York City within the context of other man-made disasters.
by Kevin Rozario via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on September 1, 2014

Happy Captive Nations Week!

We're supposed to celebrate one of the weirdest artifacts of the Cold War.
by Charles King via Slate
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on July 24, 2014

The Case for Reparations

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic
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on June 23, 2014
Cover of "Empire of Necessity" featuring a painting of violence being wrought on enslaved men.

The Bleached Bones of the Dead

What the modern world owes slavery. (It’s more than back wages).
by Greg Grandin via Tom Dispatch on February 23, 2014

The Massive Liberal Failure on Race, Part I

How the liberal embrace of busing hurt the cause of integration.
by Tanner Colby via Slate
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on February 3, 2014
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