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Equality: The History of an Elusive Idea

Darrin M. McMahon

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Rip Van Winkle painting by Albertis del Orient Browere, 1833.

Age Before Duty

What role does age play in determining the status of equals?

by Darrin M. McMahon via HNN on March 19, 2024

A scene from the film Orphans of the Storm depicting a group carrying a sign bearing the slogan “Liberté, Egalité et Fraternité,” 1921.

The History of Equality: It’s Complicated

The strange and contradicting development of the liberal version of egalitarianism.

by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Darrin M. McMahon via The Nation on November 16, 2023

Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

How Christianity Influenced America’s Notions of Equality

'All men are created equal' coexisted with the understanding that not all were meant to be treated equally in life.

by Darrin M. McMahon via TIME on November 15, 2023

Illustration of a happy Founder with flowers as eyes.

Happiness In America Isn’t What It Used to Be

"We have lost sight of some essential aspects of happiness that the founders clearly had in mind."

by Darrin M. McMahon via TIME on January 10, 2023

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