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Sam Lebovic

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Why Is America the World’s Police?

A new book explains how U.S. political elites sold the UN to the public as a route to global peace, while all along wanting it as a cover for militarization.

by Sam Lebovic via Boston Review on October 19, 2020

State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime

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SECRET stamped multiples times over the United States emblem.

The Troubled History of the Espionage Act

The law, passed in a frenzy after the First World War, is a disaster. Why is it still on the books?

by Amy Davidson Sorkin via The New Yorker on December 11, 2023

1950s American family watching TV.

How American Culture Ate the World

A new book explains why Americans know so little about other countries.

by Dexter Fergie via The New Republic on March 24, 2022

What history tells us about the dangers of media ownership | Psyche Ideas

What History Tells us About the Dangers of Media Ownership

Is media bias attributable to corporate power or personal psychology? Upton Sinclair and Walter Lippmann disagreed.

by Maia Silber via Psyche on December 15, 2021

William F. Buckley, Jr. being interviewed on What’s Happening Mr. Silver.

On the Right: NET and Modern Conservatism

In the 1960s, the precursor to PBS explored the burgeoning conservative movement, providing a remarkable window into the history of conservatism.

by Allison Perlman via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on January 22, 2020

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