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Sean Illing

Bylines

Is There an Uncontroversial Way to Teach America’s Racist History?

A historian on the unavoidable discomfort around anti-racist education.

by Jarvis R. Givens, Sean Illing via Vox on June 11, 2021
A Definitive Case Against the Electoral College

Why the framers created the Electoral College — and why we need to get rid of it.

by Sean Illing, Jesse Wegman via Vox on July 21, 2020
How TV Paved America’s Road to Trump

“A brand mascot that jumped off the cereal box”: a TV critic explains the multimedia character Trump created.

by Sean Illing, James Poniewozik via Vox on November 7, 2019
How "America First" Ruined the "American Dream"

Author Sarah Churchwell on the entangled history of America’s most loaded phrases.

by Sarah Churchwell, Sean Illing via Vox on October 22, 2018
Why the Right to Vote is Not Enshrined in the Constitution

How voter suppression became a political weapon in American politics.

by Sean Illing, Allan J. Lichtman via Vox on September 17, 2018
The Vietnam War and White Power

A conversation with the author of "Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America."

by Kathleen Belew, Sean Illing via Vox on April 13, 2018

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Neil Postman in front of a collage of the cover of "Amusing Ourselves to Death."

The One Book That Explains Our Current Era Was Written 40 Years Ago

NYT pundits and NBA writers alike can't stop recommending this four-decade-old book.

by Laura J. Miller via Slate on March 25, 2025

Trump greeting supporters.

White Tribe Rising

What accounts for white tribalism?

by James McWilliams via The Hedgehog Review on June 21, 2018

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