Fifty years ago, Indigenous Alaskans created their own corporations to manage their land and affairs. Their success holds lessons in the lower 48, where tribal rights are under renewed attack.
Richard Nixon
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Fifty Years After the Nixon-Mao China Opening, U.S.-Chinese Relations Are Getting Worse
The Biden administration needs a new paradigm with Beijing—cooperate where we can, stand up where we must, and keep revitalizing ourselves.
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Don’t Count Out An Infrastructure Bill Just Yet
History shows bipartisan negotiations over transportation legislation never moves quickly.
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Conservatives Have No Plan To Win the Culture War. They Intend to Rule Anyway.
Republicans would have to make changes to win the hearts and minds of the young. They have no intention of doing that. They intend to kill democracy, instead.
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Why Concession Speeches Matter
Trump’s refusal to admit electoral defeat is even more poisonous than you think.
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When it Comes to the Stimulus, It’s Not 2009 Anymore
The Tea Party and GOP had the clout when Obama tried to rescue the economy. This time, they don’t have the plans or the juice. Here’s why.
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Marco Rubio’s Time Machine and Why It’s Wrong for America
The Florida senator wants to move America forward—by one hour. It’s a failed idea and, scientists say, an unhealthy one.
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The Chaos Is The Point
What motivates Trump followers? Racism? Conservatism? Cruelty? Part of it may be simple disruption. A historian explains.
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Previous Republican Presidents Kept Their Racism in the Closet
The only thing unique about Trump is that he expresses his bigotry in public.
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A Cautionary Tale: We Never Learned the Full Extent of Nixon’s Crimes
Similarly, the special counsel’s report points to gaps in his investigation.
