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No, the 2024 Election Won’t Be Anything Like 1968
The election will be a challenge for Joe Biden. But looking to the past won’t help him—or us—understand what lies ahead.
by
Walter Shapiro
via
The New Republic
on
May 9, 2024
1989-2001: America’s Long Lost Weekend
From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. We squandered it completely.
by
Walter Shapiro
via
The New Republic
on
June 27, 2022
The U.S. Senate’s Oldest Office Building Honors a Racist
Richard Russell was a segregationist and a fervent opponent of civil rights. So why does his name still adorn the Russell Senate Office Building?
by
Walter Shapiro
via
The New Republic
on
April 26, 2021
How America’s Newspapers Covered Up a Pandemic
The terrifying, censored coverage of the 1918 Spanish flu.
by
Walter Shapiro
via
The New Republic
on
March 31, 2020