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Links to important discussions about topics in the news this week.
Links to important discussions about topics in the news this week.
It is different from anything you’ve ever seen.
"First Founding Father" provides a well written, entertaining portrait of a man living in an exciting era, but doesn't explain the role of slavery in the creation of Lee's wealth or his politics.
Ethology studies back him up.
Reflections of a master historian.
Probably not. (It was in the American Revolution.) But here’s why you should. It was a key to the victory at Yorktown.
From one who tried it.
"To the Promised Land" is especially timely and revelatory as we struggle still with racism, militarism, poverty, and extreme economic inequality 50 years after the death of King.
Another pillar of the Lost Cause myth falls.
A response from the Coordinating Council of Women Historians.
His last, stunning speech.
He gave it 50 years ago after hearing that MLK had been assassinated.
It shows you what a president with empathy for African Americans does.
Trump does not seem up to the Eisenhower standard of statesmanship, alas.
It is a cautionary tale about the dangers of war hysteria, but also something more: testament to the solidarity of the labor movement.
The pardon power may be absolute, but that does not mean it can be used in the commission of a crime by the chief executive.
They won’t be as meaningful as the last ones in the Cold War.
We’ve never stopped fighting over the meaning of the war.
His name is Henry Walter Bates. He's finally getting the credit he deserves.
We need to remember that many of these countries helped lead the way to the establishment of republican government.
On the anniversary of the end of the Civil War, it's worth remembering, as we read about other countries facing the challenge of national healing.
It’s because his legacy keeps becoming more and more relevant.
So far it has due to plain dumb luck. But eventually, luck runs out.
It was the Fort Pillow Massacre. And it was ghastly.
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