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Former President Donald Trump with his attorneys inside the courtroom during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023.

A Brief History of the Ku Klux Klan Acts

These 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump.

by Joseph Kelly via The Conversation on August 4, 2023

K Troop

The untold story of the eradication of the original Ku Klux Klan.

by Matthew Pearl via Slate on March 4, 2016

Pour One Out for Ulysses S. Grant

His presidency was known for corruption, scandal, and booze. In a new book, Ron Chernow attempts to rehabilitate it.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on October 2, 2017

Ben Carson, Donald Trump, and the Misuse of American History

The eliding of the ugliness of America's racial history is neither novel nor particularly surprising.

by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on March 8, 2017

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