study
Hurricanes Drive Immigration to the US
Why hurricane refugees are more likely to come from some countries than others.
The Conversation
profile
The Perfect Wife
How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage.
The New Yorker
comment
The Violence Is the Victory
The history of American expansion can be traced through the severed body parts left in its wake.
n+1
antecedent
What if the President Ordering a Nuclear Attack isn’t Sane?
There are fewer checks in the system than you might think.
Washington Post
film review
Burns and Novick, Masters of False Balancing
In promoting healing instead of a search for truth, “The Vietnam War” offers misleading comforts.
Public Books
explainer
The Environmental Protection Agency is Not the Nation's Janitor
How Scott Pruitt misunderstands the primary role of the EPA.
The Guardian
quiz
Guess Whether These Headlines Came From Breitbart or 1920s KKK Newspapers
Today's headlines evoke the the racist and hate filled headlines of KKK publications.
Slate Magazine
original
Excremental Empire
John Gregory Bourke’s "Scatalogic Rites of All Nations" and the American West.
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Benjamin Breen
art history
Who is the Enemy Here?
The Vietnam War Pictures That Moved Them Most
TIME.com
film review
The Split Personality of Ken Burns’s “The Civil War”
The documentary's accommodation of the Lost Cause narrative may have left viewers with a skewed understanding of the conflict.
Civil War Memory
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