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• 3/24/19
  

  What Democratic Socialism Is and Is Not

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Of course, democratic socialism might not be what you want.  But let’s not pretend that it’s something that it’s not.

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• 3/21/19
  

  Trump's Executive Order Censors Free Speech on College Campuses

  by Ed Simon

  The House Un-American Activities Committee and the real intent of Trump's "free speech" executive order. 

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• 3/24/19
  

  A House Once More Divided

  by Georgiann Baldino

  Lincoln understood that involved citizens preserve the union, and he taught a vital lesson that only when human rights are respected is democracy worth preserving.

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• 3/17/19
  

  History Will Clash With History in the 2020 Election

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Three different historical precedents all suggest a different outcome in 2020. 

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• 3/17/19
  

  The Antigay "Traditional Plan" and the History of the Methodist Church

  by Christopher M. Bishop

  Until this month, slavery was the only other issue that seriously threatened the unity of American Methodism.

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• 3/17/19
  

  Parents, College, Money, and the American Dream

  by Janet Golden

  At a time when less than 20 percent of Americans completed high school and far fewer went on to higher education, financial institutions told parents to start saving for college.  

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• 3/17/19
  

  The Cult of Trump

  by Michael A. Genovese

  Come home Republicans.  We need you.

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• 3/17/19
  

  Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue: A Southern Unionist’s Viewpoint

  by Elizabeth Varon

  Elizabeth Van Lew was a Southerner who supported the Union. She--and other Southern Unionists--deepen our understanding of the Civil War and its legacies. 

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• 3/10/19
  

  Three Unexpected Deaths That Shaped Presidential History

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Unexpected tragedy in the lives of three political leaders—John F. Kennedy, Jr., Paul Wellstone, and Joe Biden—demonstrate the profound impact of chance on political history. 

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• 3/24/19
  

  Is Shoeless Joe Jackson Innocent? The Black Sox Scandal 100 Years Later

  by Granville Wyche Burgess

  As another baseball season begins, the history of baseball's biggest scandal and how its legacy legacy still shapes the sport today. 

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• 3/10/19
  

  Robinson Crusoe’s Wall

  by Geoffrey Sill

  We can look to history, especially literary and cultural history, to explain the passionate desire of many Americans to build a wall.

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• 3/3/19
  

  The English Diggers, the "Commons," and the Green New Deal

  by Ed Simon

  The idea of the “commons” as a space of collective ownership, responsibility, engagement, and possibility must be a metaphor that the left draws from rhetorically. 

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• 3/10/19
  

  Lessons from Studying Corporate History and the Case of IBM

  by James W. Cortada

  And what it can teach us about the longevity of corporations. 

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• 3/3/19
  

  The Entangled History of “America First” and “The American Dream"

  by James Thornton Harris

  Sarah Churchwell unravels the complicated history behind “America First” in her new book Behold America. 

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• 3/3/19
  

  Is Bernie Sanders Actually A Democratic Socialist?

  by Michael Sheng

  "For the sake of history, please tell your voters what you really believe, and don’t just throw out a label without a precise definition."

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• 3/10/19
  

  The Most Alarming Argument in Jill Lepore's These Truths

  by Walter G. Moss

  How technology has destablized our world and why there's still hope. 

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• 2/27/19
  

  What FDR Can Teach Us About Congress and National Emergencies

  by Martin Halpern

  Seventy-five years ago this week, there was a serious conflict between President Franklin Roosevelt and Congress.

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• 2/24/19
  

  Levittown, PA and The “Northern Promised Land That Wasn't”

  by Jasmine Torres and Alan Singer

  Levittown, Pennsylvania violently errupted when William and Daisy Myers moved into the suburban town in 1957. 

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• 2/19/19
  

  We Need to Acknowledge the Power of the Israel Lobby

  by Walter L. Hixson

  Israel and its American supporters have assembled the most powerful lobby pursuing the interests of a foreign country in all American history.

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• 2/19/19
  

  “National Security Crisis” or “Power Grab”?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  It’s not the Constitutionality of Trump’s Wall, but Its Morality that Matters