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Posted inIn Memoriam
Ted Turner’s Beef With Big Media
The late founder of CNN on how government protects big media—and shuts out upstarts like him.
Posted inPolitics
On Immigration, Stephen Miller Is no Calvin Coolidge
Nativists extol the 30th president for closing the golden door. But he never broadly disparaged immigrants and often praised diversity.
Posted inPodcast
The New Deal Treasures Slated for Demolition
The pending sale of a historic federal building by Trump could mean the wrecking ball for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”
Posted inEducation
Why Americans Don’t Know Enough About Black History
It’s not that America’s racist past is being ignored in the classroom. It’s that we’re not teaching history well enough for many students to remember it.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Main, September/October 2019
Lincoln the Politician
The president most known for his moral vision was also a master political operator.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The Problem with Quentin Tarantino’s Revisionism
His films try to right historical wrongs by pretending like they didn’t really happen.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Was the 2016 Election the Most Out of Whack in U.S. History?
The popular vote doesn’t always carry the day, and that was especially true this year.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The History of White Backlash
To understand the dangers the country faces now, think back to Reconstruction.
