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Jon Schwarz

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Here Are 10 Shockingly Radical Things the Founding Fathers Said

The Founding Fathers made startlingly progressive statements that didn’t make it into popular history.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 4, 2023
The Origin of Student Debt

In 1970 Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on August 25, 2022
Carl Reiner’s Life Should Remind Us: If You Like Laughing, Thank FDR and the New Deal

Reiner, Stephen Colbert, Jordan Peele, Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus: Their comedy descends directly from the Works Progress Administration.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 4, 2020
In the Trump Era, America Desperately Needs a Great Movie About Nuclear Apocalypse

If we want to avoid nuclear war, we'd better start imagining it again.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 1, 2018
The Incredible Lost History of How “Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom”

Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on July 17, 2017
Columbus Day Is the Most Important Day of Every Year

Acknowledging the truth about colonialism is crucial if we want to comprehend the world around us today.

by Jon Schwarz via The Intercept on October 12, 2015

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Death and Taxes

The long history and contemporary relevance of war tax resistance.

by Tyler McBrien via Protean on April 15, 2024

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