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QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory
The rise of the right-wing paranoid fantasy, egged on by Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, reflects deep currents in American politics.
by
Chris Lehmann
via
The Nation
on
February 6, 2023
original
What is Political Realignment?
An annotated collection of resources from the Bunk archive that help explain the shifting sands of American politics.
by
Kathryn Ostrofsky
on
September 8, 2022
Ask the ‘Coupologists’: Just What Was Jan. 6 Anyway?
Without a name for it, figuring out why it happened is that much harder.
by
Joshua Zeitz
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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Scott Althaus
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Matt Cleary
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Ryan McMaken
via
Politico Magazine
on
August 19, 2022
U.S. Relations With China 1949–2022
U.S.-China relations have evolved from tense standoffs to a complex mix of intensifying diplomacy, growing international rivalry, and increasingly intertwined economies.
via
Council On Foreign Relations
on
May 26, 2022
Abolition Democracy’s Forgotten Founder
While W. E. B. Du Bois praised an expanding penitentiary system, T. Thomas Fortune called for investment in education and a multiracial, working-class movement.
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Robin D. G. Kelley
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Boston Review
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April 19, 2022
‘Index, A History of the’ Review: List-O-Mania
At the back of the book, the index provides a space for reference—and sometimes revenge.
by
Ben Yagoda
via
The Wall Street Journal
on
February 11, 2022
The Surprising Greatness of Jimmy Carter
A conversation with presidential biographers Jonathan Alter and Kai Bird.
by
Jonathan Alter
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Timothy Noah
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Kai Bird
via
Washington Monthly
on
November 8, 2021
Why Norma McCorvey Switched Sides
The perils of turning the plaintiff in Roe v. Wade into a political symbol.
by
Marin Cogan
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The New Republic
on
October 11, 2021
All the President’s Historians
Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?
by
Daniel N. Gullotta
via
The Bulwark
on
April 20, 2021
partner
The Cold War on TV: Joseph McCarthy vs. Edward R. Murrow
In the heat of the Cold War, Joe McCarthy’s anti-communist crusade became a media sensation.
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Retro Report
on
April 12, 2021
New Yorker Nation
In Jill Lepore's "These Truths," ideas produce other ideas. But new ideas arise from thinking humans, not from other ideas.
by
Richard White
via
Reviews In American History
on
June 2, 2019
AOC and the American Founding
The problem with progressive intellectuals looking to the nation's founders for progressive models.
by
William Hogeland
via
William Hogeland blog
on
January 30, 2019
Trump is Not the First GOP President to Try to Make the Media ‘Fair’
Conservatives love rules about political balance — when they’re in charge.
by
Nicole Hemmer
via
Washington Post
on
August 29, 2018
We’re Never Going to Get Our “Have You No Sense of Decency, Sir?” Moment
Because that moment isn’t quite what we remember.
by
Rebecca Onion
via
Slate
on
July 26, 2018
The Roots of Trump’s Immigration Barbarity
The outrage over family separation creates an opportunity to reverse the bipartisan consensus that has long victimized immigrants.
by
Daniel Denvir
via
Jacobin
on
June 20, 2018
Simeon Booker, Intrepid Chronicler of Civil Rights Struggle for Jet and Ebony, Dies at 99
He risked his life to expose Emmett Till’s death and the Freedom Rides to a national audience.
by
Emily Langer
via
Washington Post
on
December 10, 2017
Anita Hill and Her 1991 Congressional Defenders to Joe Biden: You Were Part of the Problem
Hill revisits the infamous Clarence Thomas hearings with five of the congressional women who supported her.
by
Annys Shin
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Libby Casey
via
Washington Post
on
November 22, 2017
partner
Donald Trump, Swamp Creature
Embracing the swamp won't sink Trump immediately. But it will sink him eventually.
by
Robert B. Mitchell
via
Made By History
on
October 27, 2017
The Lesser Part of Valor
Preston Brooks, Greg Gianforte, and the American tradition of disguising cowardice as bravery.
by
Adam Serwer
via
The Atlantic
on
May 26, 2017
If Trump and Sanders Are Both Populists, What Does Populism Mean?
Headlines tell us that the campaigns of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have both opened a new chapter of populist politics. How is that possible?
by
Charles Postel
via
The American Historian
on
August 1, 2016
End of the End of History, Redux
Remember Perot?
by
Frank Guan
via
n+1
on
March 24, 2016
Internet Privacy, Funded By Spies
Spies, counterinsurgency campaigns, hippie entrepreneurs, privacy apps funded by the CIA.
by
Yasha Levine
via
Surveillance Valley
on
March 3, 2016
How the Rivalry Between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Changed History
Read an excerpt from TIME's special edition about Alexander Hamilton.
by
John Ferling
via
TIME
on
February 15, 2016
The Lie Factory: How Politics Became a Business
The field of political consulting was unknown before Leone Baxter and Clem Whitaker founded Campaigns, Inc., in 1933.
by
Jill Lepore
via
The New Yorker
on
September 17, 2012
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