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US soldiers stand guard behind barbed wire as Afghans sit on a roadside near the military part of the airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021.

The US Lost in Afghanistan. But US Imperialism Isn’t Going Anywhere.

The US suffered grave losses in Iraq and Afghanistan, but we shouldn’t mistake revisions of US military strategy for a turn away from imperialist ambitions.
Moscow COVID-19 vaccination center
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The U.S. and Russia Could Join Forces to Get People Vaccinated. They Did Before.

The forgotten history of Soviet-American vaccine diplomacy.
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meeting on shipboard in 1941 with officers in the background.

Revisiting Roosevelt and Churchill's 'Atlantic Charter'

Can the partnership born on a maritime U.S.-U.K. summit still protect democracy?
Richard Nixon speaking to the press in 1971

New Documents Reveal the Bloody Origins of America's Long War On Drugs

When President Nixon launched the war on drugs in 1971, it set off a bloody chain reaction in Mexico as new documents reveal.
A woman standing in a field.
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Drug Prohibition and the Political Roots of Cartel Violence in Mexico

Until both American and Mexican police forces stop treating it like a war, the violence of drug prohibition won't stop.
Map of Charleston Harbor, 1822.

Elkison v. Deliesseline: The South Carolina Negro Seaman Act of 1822 in Federal Court

Elkison v. Deliesseline presented a federal court with the question of whether a state could incarcerate and enslave a free subject of a foreign government.
shelves full of old medicine bottles

The US Drug Industry Used to Oppose Patents – What Changed?

Patent medicine used to be associated with fraud and profiteering. What shifted the industry's positions on medical ethics and intellectual property?

The Hidden Stakes of the Infrastructure Wars

The fight over the American Jobs Plan reflects a long history of competing visions of public works—and, most of all, who should benefit from rebuilding.

Liberal Nationalism is Back. It Must Start to Think Globally.

Globalism is out. Nationalism is in. Progressives who think they can jump aboard are dangerously naive.
John F. Kennedy on a TV screen.

The Book That Stopped an Outbreak of Nuclear War

A new history of the Cuban missile crisis emphasizes how close the world came to destruction—and how severe a threat the weapons still pose.
Street protest in Hamburg, Germany

The Black Refugee Tradition

Undocumented Black migrants struggle to have their asylum rights recognized in the United States. Groups have been asking President Biden to stop deportations.
Two people speaking together across a border.

The Competing Visions of English and Esperanto

How English and Esperanto offer competing visions of a universal language.
George Schultz walking with Ronald Reagan outdoors
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George Shultz: The Last Progressive

A steadfast Republican committed to union-management cooperation, peace through treaties, competitive capitalism, and empowerment of African-Americans.
Martin Luther King Jr.

What Dignity Demands

A new book persuasively places Malcolm X and Martin Luther King at the center of each other’s most dramatic transformations.
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The Day Nuclear War Almost Broke Out

In the nearly sixty years since the Cuban missile crisis, the story of near-catastrophe has only grown more complicated.
Galaxy in space.

Sanctuary or Battlefield?

Fighting for the soul of American space policy.
Police officer behind yellow police tape.

Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power

The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.

How the Black Death Radically Changed the Course of History

A look at the economic changes that occured after the Black Death in Europe and what that could mean for the aftermath of Covid-19.

George Washington’s Twilight Years

A review of "Washington’s End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle," by Jonathan Horn.
Rahima Banu
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Coronavirus: Lessons From Past Epidemics

Dr. Larry Brilliant, who helped eradicate smallpox, says past epidemics can teach us to fight coronavirus.
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A Brief History of the Calorie

The measure of thermal energy expended by exercise was adapted from the study of explosives and engines.

The Infinity War

We say we’re a peaceful nation. Why do our leaders always keep us at war?
A bombing strike

Ho Chi Bear & The Ravens

Drummed out of Vietnam, misfit American pilots were given a choice-- face the music of military justice or go where oddballs and rule breakers were appreciated.

How the U.S. Betrayed the Marshall Islands, Kindling the Next Nuclear Disaster

A close look at the consequences of nuclear testing.

When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria

In "Algiers, Third World Capital," Elaine Mokhtefi captures a world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.
Richard Holbrooke and two images of people carrying weapons of war.

The End of the American Century

What the life of Richard Holbrooke tells us about the decay of Pax Americana.
Ilhan Omar
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What Support for Ilhan Omar Tells Us About the Left

The rising tie between black activism and pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Abraham Lincoln visiting soldiers encamped at the Civil War battlefield of Antietam in October, 1982.

Abraham Lincoln’s Foreign Policy Helped Win the Civil War

Why Lincoln’s "one war at a time" doctrine saved the Union.

How Not to Build a “Great, Great Wall”

A timeline of border fortification, from 1945 to the Trump Era.
Lithograph of John Winthrop.
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What We Get Wrong About ‘A City on Hill’

And why we need to rediscover its real meaning.

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