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An Independence Day Alternative
How "enlightened" leaders of the early US ignored an Independence Day speech and set in motion indigenous peoples' brutalization.
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Nicholas Guyatt
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Jacobin
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July 4, 2017
What Politicians Mean When They Say The United States Was Founded As A Christian Nation
Today's Christian nationalists and liberal secularists both oversimplify the history of the nation's founding.
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Sam Haselby
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Washington Post
on
July 4, 2017
America's 100 Other Declarations of Independence
The document we celebrate today wasn't just the work of Thomas Jefferson's individual genius. Everyone was doing it.
by
David Greenberg
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Politico Magazine
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July 4, 2017
At Its Core, the Declaration of Independence Was a Plea for Help From Britain’s Enemies
The intended audience for the document could be found in the royal houses of France and Spain.
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Larrie D. Ferreiro
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Smithsonian
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June 28, 2017
The True Story of the Fight for Religious Equality in the US
The U.S. Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion, but the fight for religious equality was only just beginning.
by
Richard D. Brown
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Aeon
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June 28, 2017
Andy Jackson's Populism
It started with a hatred of crony capitalism.
by
Robert W. Merry
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The American Conservative
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May 3, 2017
Hunting Down Runaway Slaves: The Cruel Ads of Andrew Jackson and the 'Master Class'
A historian collecting runaway slave ads describes them as “the tweets of the master class.”
by
DaNeen L. Brown
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Retropolis
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May 1, 2017
The Five Most Powerful Populist Uprisings in U.S. History
Populism stretches through the American experience.
by
Robert W. Merry
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The American Conservative
on
April 15, 2017
How the Bloodiest Mutiny in British Naval History Helped Create American Political Asylum
Outrage over the revolt spurred the U.S. to deliver on a promise of the revolution.
by
A. Roger Ekirch
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Zócalo Public Square
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March 24, 2017
The History of 'Stolen' Supreme Court Seats
As the new administration seeks to fill a vacancy on the Court, a look back at the forgotten mid-19th century battles over the judiciary.
by
Erick Trickey
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Smithsonian
on
March 20, 2017
When Presidents Think About Defying the Courts
When President Trump contemplates violating court orders, he joins a longer list of presidents.
by
Jeff Shesol
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The New Yorker
on
February 9, 2017
Draining the Swamp
Washington may be the only city on Earth that lobbied itself into existence.
by
Ted Widmer
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The New Yorker
on
January 19, 2017
The Captive Aliens Who Remain Our Shame
On the origins of racial exclusion in the society that would become the United States of America.
by
Annette Gordon-Reed
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New York Review of Books
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January 19, 2017
The Hamilton Hustle
Why liberals have embraced our most dangerously reactionary founder.
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Matt Stoller
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The Baffler
on
January 1, 2017
The Original Attack Dog
James Callender spread scurrilous rumors about Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Then he turned on Thomas Jefferson, too.
by
John Dickerson
via
Slate
on
August 9, 2016
American Secular
The founding moment of the United States brought a society newly freed from religion. What went wrong?
by
Sam Haselby
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Aeon
on
May 26, 2016
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Aaron Burr: Most Hated Man in American History
A more sympathetic look at Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton.
by
Gordon S. Wood
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Matthew Wills
,
Herbert Sloan
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JSTOR Daily
on
January 14, 2016
The History of the United States’ First Refugee Crisis
Fleeing the Haitian revolution, whites and free blacks were viewed with suspicion by American slaveholders, including Thomas Jefferson.
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Nicholas Foreman
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Smithsonian
on
January 5, 2016
partner
Islam and the U.S.
What does it mean to be Muslim in America? And how has the practice of Islam in the U.S. changed over time?
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BackStory
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December 18, 2015
'I Want My Country Back' and Exclusionary Visions of America
"You're taking over our country" echoes long-held narratives and has renewed prominence in conservative discourse.
by
Ben Railton
via
We're History
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June 26, 2015
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