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February 15, 2023
Alex Shephard
The 2024 Republican Primary Is Already Exhausting
Even though there are only two candidates in the race, it’s clear that we are in for one long marathon of grievance politics.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
November 18, 2021
Eric Herschthal
The Storm Over the American Revolution
Why has a relatively conventional history of the War of Independence drawn such an outraged response?
May 27, 2021
Matt Ford
Trump Wants a New Contract With America, Which Just Revoked His Last Contract
Newt Gingrich’s team-up with the former president seeks to ignite the spirit of ’94, but only shows how far the GOP has retreated from governance.
May 25, 2021
William Egginton
Academic Tenure Is Broken. Nikole Hannah-Jones’s Case Makes That Clear.
Even when tenure decisions aren’t influenced by politics, they often exacerbate deep inequalities. And professors who do get tenure are untouchable.
March 12, 2021
Casey Michel
An Honest History of Texas Begins and Ends With White Supremacy
One Texas Republican state House member wants to create a “patriotic” education project to celebrate the Lone Star State—and whitewash its ugly past.
January 25, 2021
William Hogeland
Against the Consensus Approach to History
How not to learn about the American past
January 20, 2021
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s Dumb “1776 Project” Is a Perfect End to His Presidency
His forays into history underscore that he has always practiced a hollow form of American exceptionalism.
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