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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.

by Andrew Kahn, Rebecca Onion, Peter A. Shulman via Slate on September 14, 2017

What the LAPD Recruitment Ad on Breitbart Says About the Department’s History

Becoming an agency that wouldn't dream of advertising on Breitbart will require deep changes.

by Max Felker-Kantor via Made By History on October 9, 2019

What Facebook Did to American Democracy

And why it was so hard to see it coming.

by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on October 12, 2017

Traffic Jam

Ben Smith’s book on the history of the viral internet doesn’t truly reckon with the costs of traffic worship.

by Leah Finnegan via The Baffler on May 2, 2023

A shot from behind of Rush Limbaugh giving a speech at a Make America Great Again rally.

The Right’s Reign on the Air Waves

How talk radio established the power of the modern Republican Party.

by Jake Bittle via The New Republic on June 1, 2020

QAnon sign in a crowd of Trump supporters at a DeSantis rally.

Why Americans Turn to Conspiracy Theories

Conspiracy theories have been a central feature in American politics since before the Revolution.

by Rachel Hope Cleves via Made By History on October 21, 2019

The Bannon Style of American Politics

It's not as new as it seems.

by Matthew Dallek via Made By History on October 24, 2017

Understanding the Antifa

The anti-fascist left stems from a long tradition of violence and protest in America.

by Nicole Hemmer via U.S. News & World Report on September 5, 2017

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