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Accountability for ICE and CBP

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Champions of Apathy

The first neoliberals distrusted Christianity. Their heirs have tried to revise it.
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How a 1964 Student Protest Reshaped the Fight Over the Panama Canal

How a dispute between American and Panamanian high school students over which country’s flag to fly escalated into days of violence.
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The Real Fight for the Smithsonian

Its museums, more than any others, shape the nation’s narrative. No wonder the country argues about it.

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Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?

An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
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Antisocial Studies

As the war over American social studies classrooms heats up, the curriculum is in the crosshairs.
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The Big Business of War for Oil

The attack on Venezuela and abduction of Maduro surprised everyone, except oil companies. It's not the first time the U.S. was motivated by corporate interests.
Donald Trump shaking hands with Benjamin Netanyahu.

America’s Ties to Israel Might Lead It to War With Iran

Donald Trump is once again threatening war with Iran just six months after bombing the Islamic Republic in June.

The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation

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Donald Trump Just Brought a Long-Sought Policy Goal Closer Than Ever

It all might have been different without one night in 1977. A scandal followed—and, five decades later, no one agrees on what happened.
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What’s Wrong with The American Revolution by Ken Burns 

Ken Burns’s latest PBS series is long on muskets and bayonets, but the history of the American Revolution remains strangely understated.
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The Longest Journey Is Over

With the death of Norman Podhoretz at 95, the transition from New York’s intellectual golden age to the age of grievance and provocation is complete.
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The Monroe Doctrine in 2025

A refresher on the original intent of John Quincy Adams's 1823 policy statement in the wake of the recent announcement of the "Trump Corollary."
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Hollywood has seen this movie before. Entertainment oligopolies are bigger and more anticompetitive than ever.