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'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.
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Adam Winkler
via
The Atlantic
on
March 5, 2018
How ‘the Kingfish’ Turned Corporations into People
Seventy-five years before Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruled that newspapers were entitled to First Amendment protections.
by
Adam Winkler
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New York Review of Books
on
February 28, 2018
Disarming the NRA
The Second Amendment does not stand in the way of better gun laws; the NRA does.
by
Adam Winkler
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New York Review of Books
on
October 5, 2017
Franklin Roosevelt: The Father of Gun Control
One of the great pieces of unfinished business for the Democratic Party.
by
Adam Winkler
via
The New Republic
on
December 19, 2012
The Secret History of Guns
What gun regulations meant to the founders, and why the Black Panthers are the true pioneers of today's pro-gun movement.
by
Adam Winkler
via
The Atlantic
on
September 1, 2011
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The Supreme Court Is Headed Back to the 19th Century
The justices again appear poised to pursue a purely theoretical liberty at the expense of the lives of people of color.
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Adam Serwer
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The Atlantic
on
September 4, 2018
How Corporations Won Their Civil Rights
The Court got it right—but it's not a conclusion we should be entirely comfortable with.
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Robert VerBruggen
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The American Conservative
on
July 3, 2018
Artificial Persons
The long road to "Citizens United."
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David Cole
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The Nation
on
June 6, 2018
Company Men
The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people.
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Kim Phillips-Fein
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The New Republic
on
March 29, 2018
The 200-Year Legal Struggle That Led to Citizens United
How businesses campaigned to win constitutional rights and expand their political reach.
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Kim Phillips-Fein
via
The New Republic
on
March 29, 2018
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Straight Shot: Guns in America
On who has had access to guns in the U.S., and what those guns have meant to the people who have owned them.
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BackStory
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January 25, 2013
The Misunderstood Visionary Behind the Black Panther Party
Huey P. Newton has been mythologized and maligned since his murder 34 years ago. His family and friends offer an intimate look inside his life and mind.
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Jenny Rothenberg Gritz
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Smithsonian
on
August 22, 2023
How Chicago Got Its Gun Laws
It’s nearly impossible to separate modern-day gun laws from race.
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Lakeidra Chavis
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The Marshall Project
on
March 24, 2023
American Gun Culture Ignores How Common Gun Restrictions Were In The Old West
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
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Pierre M. Atlas
via
The Conversation
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June 29, 2022
