This Week's Best of the Web
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#1 Why @HistoryInPics is Bad for History and Bad for Twitter @HistoryInPics strips history of his curiosity and mystery. SLATE |
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#2 Stokely Carmichael’s Legacy Is Less Recognized Black History The SNCC leader and black power icon who later became Kwame Ture is as vital as, but less celebrated than, Martin and Malcolm. THE ROOT |
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#3 Pete Seeger: Folkie, Communist, Millionaire Financial success dogged Seeger far more tenaciously than McCarthy ever could. BLOOMBERG |
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#4 The LBJ Delusion Why Obama can't just have his way with Congress. POLITICO MAGAZINE |
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#5 Don’t Let Putin Grab Ukraine If the present crisis ends with the fragmentation of the Ukrainian state, the result will be disastrous for all concerned, including Russia. NEW YORK TIMES |
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#6 Mexico’s Vigilantes on the March Mexico's social unrest is in no small part due to its democratization. NEW YORK TIMES |
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#7 The Unquiet Ghosts of Nazi Germany "Generation War" sparks a new debate about Germany's Nazi past. NEW YORK TIMES |
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#8 Japan Stokes Regional Tension Saddled by historical trauma, Japan and South Korea inch toward confrontation. AL JAZEERA AMERICA |
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#9 California’s Two Droughts An affluent society didn’t bother to add to the inherited system of canals and reservoirs that made it thrive. NATIONAL REVIEW |
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How L.B.J. Pushed Through Kennedy’s Tax Cut It wasn't just the Civil Rights Act LBJ pushed through in the aftermath of Kennedy's 1963 assassination. NEW YORK TIMES |