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Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?
The Declaration has always been fought over. We can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its battle cry to “alter or to abolish” what’s destroying our country.
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Osita Nwanevu
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The New Republic
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June 22, 2026
Conservatism’s Baton Twirler
A Republican administration that wages war against immigrants and colleges should be understood as the culmination of William F. Buckley conservative movement.
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Osita Nwanevu
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New York Review of Books
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September 2, 2025
Remake America
If we want democracy to survive, we need a vision that’s going to be more compelling than the one the authoritarians are offering.
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Aziz Rana
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Osita Nwanevu
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The Baffler
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August 19, 2025
The Electric Kool-Aid Conservative
Tom Wolfe was no radical.
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Osita Nwanevu
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The New Republic
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January 5, 2024
The Life of the Party
In his latest book, Michael Kazin argues that the Democrats have long sought to build a “moral capitalism.” Have they ever succeeded?
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Osita Nwanevu
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New York Review of Books
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August 29, 2023
The Case for Partisanship
Bipartisanship might not be dead. But it is on life support. And it’s long past time we pulled the plug.
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Osita Nwanevu
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The New Republic
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September 20, 2021
The Incoherence of American History
We ascribe too much meaning to the early years of the republic.
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Osita Nwanevu
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The New Republic
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August 11, 2021
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The Right of the People
: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding
Osita Nwanevu
2025
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Looking Back at 1619 in 2019–2021, and Beyond
1619 Project reignited debate over slavery’s origins, exposing tensions between continuity vs change in U.S. history and competing “origin stories.”
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David Waldstreicher
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Reviews In American History
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March 16, 2026
Conscription for Peace
William James’s ‘moral equivalent of war’ a hundred years later.
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Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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Commonweal
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November 12, 2025