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Andrew Jackson was A Slaver, Ethnic Cleanser, and Tyrant

Andrew Jackson deserves nothing but contempt from modern America, not a place on our currency.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on April 20, 2016

Lithograph of the reservoir of the Manhattan Water Works in 1825.

Corporations in the Early Republic

An explanation of the Manhattan Company, a bank disguised as a municipal water corporation that helped to transform Early Republican politics.

via BackStory on June 20, 2014

Fannie Mae sign.

Fannie, Freddie, and the Destructive Dream of the 'Ownership Society'

Unwinding the mortgage giants won't cure Americans of their desire to own a home, whether they can afford it or not.

by Zachary Karabell via The Atlantic on August 10, 2013

Tales of Brave Ulysses

Ulysses S. Grant was overlooked by historians and underestimated by contemporaries. H.W. Brands reevaluates Grant’s presidency.

by H. W. Brands via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 1, 2012

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