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July 30, 2015
James McAuley, Patrice Higonnet
The Untold Inner Life of the First Politician to Embrace his Jewishness
July 30, 2015
The New Republic
The Long March Toward Medicare
July 13, 2015
Paul Buhle, Noah Van Sciver
An Illustrated History of the American Frontier's Peace-Loving, Apple-Growing, Mystical Hero
The travels and travails of Johnny Appleseed
June 24, 2015
Michael Lindenberger
The Vanishing Terrain of Gay America
A writer returns to the city where he was raised—and exiled—to find what was lost when gay life entered the mainstream
May 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
Wising Up to the Wise Men of American Foreign Policy
May 21, 2015
Jochen Hellbeck
Ukraine Makes Amnesia the Law of the Land
Poroshenko wants his nation to forget its role in Nazi atrocities
May 18, 2015
Steve Friess
A Liberator, But Never Free
May 3, 2015
Robert Tombs
What Does England Want?
Not since the 1600s has the English establishment been so politically threatened in its heartland
March 14, 2015
Jamil Smith
Language Police
The NYPD can’t delete brutality from its history.
February 24, 2015
Brian Beutler
President Obama's Plan to Become the Next Ronald Reagan
February 19, 2015
Jonathan Zimmerman
The Oklahoma A.P. Test Controversy Masks the Real Scandal of American History Education
February 9, 2015
Sarah Kollmorgen
Scientists Discover Air Pollution in Peru From Almost 500 Years Ago
February 7, 2015
Peter Manseau
The Puritans Were America's First Anti-Vaxxers
February 6, 2015
Jen Doll
An Anti-Capitalist Woman Invented Monopoly and a Man Got All the Credit
The surprising origins of a beloved board game
February 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Right-Wing Politicians Exploit Their Faith for Votes, But the Solution Isn't to Separate Politics From Religion
February 4, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
If Anti-Vaxxers Want a Revolution, They Just Might Get One
January 29, 2015
Jeet Heer
The New Republic's Legacy on Race
A historical reflection
January 16, 2015
Simon Heffer
It’s Time to Debunk the Churchill Myth
January 15, 2015
David M. Friedman
Henry James Thought Oscar Wilde Was a Talentless Self-Promoter. Here's What Happened When The Two Met.
January 8, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Controversy Over 'Selma' Shows Why You Shouldn't Fact-Check Movies

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