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A House Still Divided by Ibram X. Kendi In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that America could not remain “half slave and half free.” Today, the country remains divided by racism—and the threat is as existential as it was before the Civil War.

The Hacking of America by Jill Lepore Political and technological disruption have fed off each other since the nation’s founding. Now they are dangerously out of whack.

America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare by Jeffrey Rosen The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.

How Midwestern Suffragists Used Anti-Immigrant Fervor to Help Gain the Vote by Sara Egge Women Fighting for the Ballot Saw German Men as Backward, Ignorant, and Less Worthy of Citizenship Than Themselves

The myth of freedom by Yuval Noah Harari Governments and corporations will soon know you better than you know yourself. Belief in the idea of ‘free will’ has become dangerous.

Edwin Stanton Was Part of the ‘Resistance’—in 1860 by Adam Rowe If President Buchanan’s experience is a precedent, Trump’s internal critic may privately flatter him.

Teddy vs. Trump: The Art of the Square Deal by Doris Kearns Goodwin Roosevelt’s evolution as a dealmaker defined his presidency—and offers profound lessons to the current occupant of the Oval Office.

Learning the Power of Lies by Arnold R. Isaacs Facts vs. Falsehoods in the Age of Trump

Lessons from White House disinformation a century ago: ‘It’s dangerous to believe your own propaganda’ by John Maxwell Hamilton andMeghan Menard McCune One hundred years ago, the U.S. government published documents that fueled the mounting Red Scare, helped justify the American military invasion of Russia and poisoned American-Russian relations for years to come.

Battles over patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance in schools span a century by Randall Curren and Charles Dorn Seventy-five years ago, at the height of America’s involvement in World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that guaranteed public school students’ right to refuse to stand in patriotic salute.