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Paul Manafort, American Hustler

Before Trump, one lobbyist’s pursuit of foreign cash and shady deals laid the groundwork for Washington’s corruption.
by Franklin Foer via The Atlantic on January 28, 2018
Drawing of a prisoner with his head in his hands, viewed from behind a fence

Guantánamo Bay is Still Open. Still. STILL!

41 men are still being held without charges, without a way to leave, without homes to return to.
by Sarah Mirk, Jess Parker via The Nib on January 17, 2018

The Nuke ‘Treaty That Ended the Cold War’ is Unraveling

The Trump administration signals a game of chicken with Russia, which could mean the death of arms control.
by Scott Ritter via The American Conservative on December 11, 2017
Robert Mugabe
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How the U.S. Aided Robert Mugabe’s Rise

Cold War politics empowered democracy — and dictatorship.
by Nancy Mitchell via Made By History on November 26, 2017

The Battle Between Baseball and Cricket for American Sporting Supremacy

We could have had a very different World Series.
by Daniel Crown via Atlas Obscura on October 19, 2017
Che Guevara holding two children.

Che Guevara’s Last Interview

A CIA operative informed headquarters that before he was shot, the Cuban revolutionary "never lost his composure."
by Jonathan C. Brown via Not Even Past on October 9, 2017
Poster depicting Belgium and the U.S. as women greeting each other in friendship.

World War I: America Heads to War

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by James Walsh via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016
A Black man in a hoodie.

The Hoodie and the Hijab

Arabness, Blackness, and the figure of terror.
by Leah Mirakhor via Los Angeles Review of Books on June 6, 2015
Collage drawing of elements of US-Cuba relations, including JFK, Castro, missiles, a journalist at a typewriter, and soldiers from both sides carrying guns.

Cuba Libre

Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.
by Peter Kornbluh via The Nation on March 23, 2015
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Birth of a Trade War

The Mexican origins of the birth control pill, and the trade dispute with the U.S. it generated.
via BackStory on January 7, 2014
Illustration of George W. Bush on a missile towards U.S.

Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.
by Tim Dickinson, Jonathan Stein via Mother Jones on December 20, 2011
George W. Bush at a press conference on Iraq, March 3, 2003.

The First Casualty

The selling of the Iraq war.
by Spencer Ackerman, John B. Judis via The New Republic on June 30, 2003

The Debate Over War Powers

Two legal scholars make the case that President Bush must seek congressional authorization before initiating a preemptive military strike on Iraq.
by Mark R. Shulman, Lawrence J. Lee via American Bar Association on January 1, 2003
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy speaking

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

It had been around a long time before the Radical Right discovered it.
by Richard Hofstadter via Harper’s on November 1, 1964

JFK Inaugural Address

John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address remains one of the most famous presidential speeches.
by John F. Kennedy via JFK Presidential Library on January 20, 1961

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