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How the World’s Biggest Basketball Star Helped Richard Nixon Woo Black Voters
It was a bold plan to win over Black voters skeptical of the Democratic Party. But it turned out to be an illusion.
by
Shaun Assael
via
Politico Magazine
on
July 7, 2024
The Forgotten French Scientist Who Courted Thomas Jefferson—and Got Pulled Into Scandal
A decade before Lewis and Clark, André Michaux wanted to explore the American continent. Spying for France gave him that chance.
by
Shaun Assael
via
Smithsonian
on
June 22, 2021
The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right
Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same.
by
Peter Keating
,
Shaun Assael
via
Politico Magazine
on
November 3, 2019
