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November 22, 2013
John B. Judis
Think Obamacare Can't Be Repealed? It Happened Once in Australia.
November 21, 2013
Matthew Wolfson
This Forgotten Chapter in History Shows How the Tea Party Will Collapse
November 21, 2013
Michael Kazin
We Don't Need Another JFK
Fifty years later, Kennedy's legend makes life at the White House harder for Democrats
November 18, 2013
Sean Wilentz
Does the Gettysburg Address Distract Us from the Real Lincoln?
A prominent historian on the politician behind the oratory
October 29, 2013
Michael Kazin
A Kind Word for Ted Cruz: America Was Built on Extremism
How unpopular opinions move history forward
October 26, 2013
David A. Bell
This Is What Happens When Historians Overuse the Idea of the Network
October 20, 2013
Darrin M. McMahon
How the French Revolution Gave Us the Cult of Genius
October 15, 2013
Peter Savodnik
Inside Lee Harvey Oswald's Lost Soviet Days
October 7, 2013
Josh Sapan
American History in Panorama
September 24, 2013
Liel Leibovitz
10 Video Games That Made History for Their Amazing Graphics
September 17, 2013
Michael Kazin
Americans Were War-Weary Long Before Iraq
August 27, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
OK, We're Hypocrites! It's Irrelevant to the Syria Debate.
August 24, 2013
Jelani Cobb
The Forgotten March on Washington
It never happened—but still had more impact than today's reenactment
August 22, 2013
Michael Kazin
The White Man Whose 'March on Washington' Speech You Should Remember Too
August 16, 2013
The New Republic Staff
What Wendy Davis Looked Like 20 Years Ago
The famous filibusterer as a Harvard Law Grad in 1993
June 26, 2013
Michael Kazin
Daniel Ellsberg, the Original Big Leaker
Why a decades-old act of defiance still hasn't been surpassed
June 17, 2013
Brendan I. Koerner
The Year of the Skyjacker
June 10, 2013
Maya Jasanoff
Hearts of Darkness
The incoherence of the British Empire
June 4, 2013
Michael Kazin
The Forgotten President
Woodrow Wilson was as important as FDR or LBJ. Why aren't we celebrating his 100th anniversary?
April 24, 2013
Nancy L. Cohen
Why America Never Had Universal Child Care
In 1971, a national day-care bill almost became law. Therein lies a story.

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