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History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism

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Schoolhouse Crock

In every generation, charlatans come along with a plan to make education better by spending less money on schools.
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Rats!

Baltimore's long history with its most polarizing pest.
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Jimmy Carter’s Most Perplexing Legacy

For all of his personal Christian devotion, he could not capture the hearts of white evangelicals.
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How Jimmy Carter Lost Evangelical Christians to the Right

The Baptist Georgia governor won evangelical Christian voters in the 1976 presidential election. Next time around, those voters changed sides—for the long haul.
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The Panama Question

Trump’s canal comments resurrect a forgotten American interest.
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Whistleblower Karen Silkwood’s Urgent Message for Us

Karen Silkwood death and smear campaign highlights how retaliation against whistleblowers deflects scrutiny from power by targeting the messenger.
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Beverly Gage's Bizarre Apologia for J. Edgar Hoover

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How Christmas Became an All-American Holiday

What kind of Christmas did we used to know? To hear some critics and historians tell it, the holiday used to be a lot more religious than it is now.
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From Woke to Solidarity

On two new books that critique identity politics and seek a new vision of political culture.
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A Newly Declassified Memo Sheds Light on America’s Post-Cold War Mistakes

This remarkably prescient document holds several lessons about how to run foreign policy.
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The Forgotten Epidemic

The bishops once used their influence to encourage nuclear disarmament. Can they do so again now?
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When Socialists Run for NYC Mayor, Good Things Can Happen

Socialist legislator Zohran Mamdani is running for New York City mayor against a corrupt, unpopular mayor. Morris Hillquit did the same thing a century ago.
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When the Personal Was Political

Second-wave feminists meant business—but they had a lot of fun at it, too.
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The 2024 Election Marked the Inversion of the Electoral Map

Instead of trying to recapture working class votes, Democrats should be focused on building the kind of economy they need to expand the political map.
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The Debate About Men Being Left Behind Is Decades Old

It's crucial to understand the real history behind claims that men are being marginalized.

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Trump Wants to Use the Alien Enemies Act to Deport Immigrants – but the Law is Meant for War Time

The Alien Enemies Act, first approved in the late 1700s, was last used during World War II to identify particular foreign nationals living in the US.
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A New Bracero Program Is Not the Solution

An Eisenhower-era initiative holds key lessons for Trump’s immigration policy.
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The closeted right-wing operative has become a tragic character in the American repertory.