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The Monitor: The Punk Album that Predicted Our Politics
How Titus Andronicus drew on Civil War lore to frame contemporary social divides.
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Alex Sayf Cummings
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November 4, 2017
What Did the Three-Fifths Compromise Actually Do?
It was motivated in part by white Southerners' concerns about taxes, but ended up being all about maintaining their political power.
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Alex Sayf Cummings
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April 17, 2015
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A review of three new books that in various ways track the rise of the "Professional Managerial Class."
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Was El Monte Really Founded by White Pioneers?
A new book explores the history of the people who have been written out of the L.A. suburb's longtime origin story.
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