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The Origins of the 'Globalist' Slur
The anti-Semitic seeds of its use were firmly planted 75 years ago.
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Ben Zimmer
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The Atlantic
on
March 14, 2018
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Donald Trump Wants to Take Republicans Back to Their Roots
The GOP was once the party of protectionism, while the Democrats led the way on free trade.
by
Jennifer Delton
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Made By History
on
March 12, 2018
America’s Tumultuous History With Tariffs
From William McKinley to Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump has plenty of precedent if he's looking for it.
by
Robert W. Merry
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The American Conservative
on
March 6, 2018
In the Shadows of Slavery’s Capitalism
"Masterless Men" shows how the antebellum political economy made poor southern whites into a volatile, and potentially disruptive, class.
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Calvin Schermerhorn
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Black Perspectives
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March 5, 2018
'Corporations Are People' Is Built on an Incredible 19th-Century Lie
How a farcical series of events in the 1880s produced an enduring and controversial legal precedent.
by
Adam Winkler
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The Atlantic
on
March 5, 2018
Democrats and Republicans Are Increasingly Divided On the Value of Teaching Black History
Partisanship is much more polarized by racial attitudes than it was 20 years ago.
by
Michael Tesler
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Washington Post
on
February 28, 2018
Conservatives and Counterrevolutionaries
Lily Geismer reviews the second edition of Corey Robin’s “The Reactionary Mind.”
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Lily Geismer
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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January 19, 2018
The Fight Over Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Was a Fight for the Future of the United States
The biggest show in Washington 150 years ago was the trial against the President of the United States.
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Annette Gordon-Reed
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Smithsonian
on
January 1, 2018
Does the White Working Class Really Vote Against Its Own Interests?
Trump has revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class—and how far they will go to protect the system.
by
Joshua Zeitz
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Politico Magazine
on
December 31, 2017
Half a Century of Anti-tax Orthodoxy Is Wrong
Taxation is at the heart of any serious economic growth policy.
by
Felicia Wong
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Boston Review
on
December 15, 2017
When America Was a Developing Country
The nostalgia of some conservatives hearkens back to a different—and irretrievable—economic time.
by
Addison Del Mastro
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The American Conservative
on
December 13, 2017
The Ballot and the Break
Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party, the most successful labor party in US history, is rich in lessons for challenging the two-party system.
by
Eric Blanc
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Jacobin
on
December 4, 2017
Yosemite and the Future of the National Park
The Trump administration is working to undo one of the guiding principles of U.S. conservation.
by
Tyler Green
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Places Journal
on
December 1, 2017
I’m a Depression Historian. The GOP Tax Bill is Straight Out of 1929.
Republicans are again sprinting toward an economic cliff.
by
Robert S. McElvaine
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Washington Post
on
November 30, 2017
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The Supply-Side Swindle
For decades, the GOP has used tax cuts to achieve its political goals. So why do Dems keep treating "supply-side" as an economic strategy?
by
Brent Cebul
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November 17, 2017
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It’s Been 155 Years Since the Senate Expelled a Member. Will Roy Moore Break the Streak?
If he does, it will be a sign of just how repugnant his actions are.
by
Michael Todd Landis
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Made By History
on
November 15, 2017
Why This Is Not Trump’s Watergate
Mueller and his team are facing a president who seems willing to take down the entire democratic apparatus to save his own skin.
by
Andrew Cohen
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New York Review of Books
on
October 31, 2017
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"What is Sport to You is Death to Us."
In 1867, African-Americans in Virginia stood up for their new political rights in the face of threats from their white neighbors.
by
Ed Ayers
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October 31, 2017
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Donald Trump, Swamp Creature
Embracing the swamp won't sink Trump immediately. But it will sink him eventually.
by
Robert B. Mitchell
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Made By History
on
October 27, 2017
Two Cheers for Polarization
We may not like it, but when it comes to U.S. politics, polarization may very well be part of the solution.
by
Sam Rosenfeld
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Boston Review
on
October 25, 2017
Hating on Herbert Hoover
Hoover was a brilliant manager, a wizard of logistics, and an effective humanitarian. Why do we remember him as a failure?
by
Nicholas Lemann
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The New Yorker
on
October 23, 2017
Flip-Flopping on Free Speech
The fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.
by
Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
on
October 9, 2017
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Helping Latino Kids Succeed in the Classroom Doesn’t Have to be an Ideological War
Conservatives backed bilingual education until it became a progressive cause.
by
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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Made By History
on
September 21, 2017
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How The Culture Wars Destroyed Public Education
The left's Pyrrhic victory in the culture wars.
by
Andrew Hartman
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Made By History
on
September 5, 2017
Forrest the Butcher
Memphis wants to remove a statue honoring first grand wizard of the KKK.
by
Liliana Segura
via
The Intercept
on
September 2, 2017
How Labor Scholars Missed the Trump Revolt
We thought we knew the white working class. Then 2016 happened.
by
Jefferson Cowie
via
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
September 1, 2017
The Summer of Love Ended 50 Years Ago. It Reshaped American Conservatism.
The Jesus People, born on Haight Ashbury, had a profound influence on the Religious Right.
by
Neil J. Young
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Vox
on
August 31, 2017
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A Party in Secret Passes an Overwhelmingly Unpopular Law. We’ve Been Here Before.
It ended in disaster.
by
Michael Todd Landis
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HNN
on
July 9, 2017
What Politicians Mean When They Say The United States Was Founded As A Christian Nation
Today's Christian nationalists and liberal secularists both oversimplify the history of the nation's founding.
by
Sam Haselby
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Washington Post
on
July 4, 2017
The Souring of American Exceptionalism
Commitment to liberalism once distinguished the U.S. Now, it’s the disdain of elites for their fellow citizens that sets the nation apart.
by
David Frum
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The Atlantic
on
July 3, 2017
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