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• 2/25/20
  

  Abolishing the Electoral College Requires the Unanimous Consent of Every State in the Union

  by Robert Hardaway

  The Founders were right: the Electoral College ensures small states and minority groups matter in our democracy. 

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• 2/23/20
  

  Is Bernie the New George McGovern?

  by Michel A. Genovese

  One can see close parallels between the 1972 presidential contest and that of 2020. Those parallels do not bode well for Bernie Sanders or the Democrats. 

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• 2/23/20
  

  Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” Has he kept this promise?

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• 2/23/20
  

  Deep Division: Comparing Today and the 1960s

  by Donne Levy

  America is a deeply divided nation. That fact may be the only thing that Americans of all racial, ethnic, and political groups can agree about.

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• 2/23/20
  

  Bernie Sanders, Social Democracy, and Democratic Socialism

  by Gary Dorrien

  Sanders conceives democratic socialism as the fitting name for his belief that a living wage, universal healthcare, a complete education, affordable housing, a clean environment, and a secure retirement are economic rights. These six economic rights come from Franklin Roosevelt’s 1944 Economic Bill of Rights.

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• 2/20/20
  

  Racist Bullying in My Small Town Made National News. Here's What We Can Learn From How the Town Responded.

  by Claudia Moscovici

  Even if only a small minority of Salinians hold racist and xenophobic views, this community will do its best to make sure these discriminatory views are no longer swept under the rug, but faced, combatted and discouraged. 

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• 2/16/20
  

  Why Trump Is Different than Reagan, Either Bush, Dole, McCain, or Romney—He’s Evil

  by Water G. Moss

  Like Trump’s six previous Republican presidential candidates (and like many Trump supporters), all of the major 2020 Democratic candidates are decent human beings. Trump is evil.

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• 2/16/20
  

  In Defense of Public Institutions

  by Elizabeth Stice

  While the generations of the past sought to establish public institutions, in our era, there is a relentless push for more privatization, far beyond the postal service.

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• 2/16/20
  

  “Free College” in Historical Perspective

  by John R. Thelin

  “Free college” is a visible and volatile issue in the Democrat candidates’ presidential campaign platforms. No Democratic candidate today can afford to ignore the issue, even if it means taking time to impose strict limits. 

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• 2/16/20
  

  New Evidence from the Clinton Presidential Library on Bill Clinton and Helmut Kohl's Diplomatic Relationship

  by Stephan Kieninger

  The Clinton-Kohl documents shed new light on their efforts to facilitate the emergence of an interdependent and transnational world based on freedom, peace, security and prosperity.

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• 2/16/20
  

  “Patriotic” Veterans Only, Please

  by Gregory A. Daddis

  While perhaps an indication of our current toxic political environment, the attacks on “unpatriotic” veterans like U.S. Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman actually have a long and checkered history in post-World War II America.

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• 2/11/20
  

  Was Nixon Really Better Than Trump?

  by James Robenalt

  Nixon’s tapes show an embattled president acting the same way, only behind closed doors.

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• 2/9/20
  

  Trump's Acquittal and the History of the Intentionally Undemocratic Senate

  by Ed Simon

  What can and must be learned from the impeachment affair isn’t that resistance to Trump has to be fruitless, but rather that we can’t expect institutions and procedures to be that which saves us. 

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• 2/9/20
  

  The Unique Struggles of Women and Native Americans to Vote

  by Thom Hartmann

  And how efforts to surpress certain voters continue. 

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• 2/9/20
  

  The Erasure of the History of Slavery at Sullivan’s Island

  by Roy E. Finkenbine

  Some 40% of the nearly 400,000 Africans imported into British North America and the young United States passed through this place.  It has been termed the “Ellis Island” of African Americans.

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• 2/9/20
  

  Remembrances, Race, and Role Models: The Renaming of a Middle School

  by Frank P. Barajas

  The new name of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, whatever it will be, should have a recognizable footnote so people can learn not only about the totality of Oxnard’s history but also its relationship with larger national currents.

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• 2/9/20
  

  The Dramatic Relationship Between Black America and the Academy Awards

  by Elwood Watson

  From Hattie McDaniel to #OscarsSoWhite. 

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• 2/9/20
  

  JFK's New Hampshire Primary Hope Resonates Today

  by William Lambers

  The day before the 1960 New Hampshire presidential primary, candidate John F. Kennedy talked about America's great hope for disarmament. Speaking at the University of New Hampshire, JFK said "No hope is more basic to our aspirations as a nation" than disarmament.

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• 2/9/20
  

  Should the Democratic Presidential Candidates Announce Their VP Picks Now?

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  History suggests that these well-intended proposals rest on mistaken judgments about the way the vice-presidential selection system now operates, exaggerate the benefits of the proposed reforms, and underestimate the difficulty of implementing those remedies.

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• 2/6/20
  

  Harriet Tubman and a National Legacy of Midnight Skies and Silent Stars

  by Todd Lookingbill

  The Oscar buzz around the film and the popularity of the biopic with critics and general audiences alike creates an opportunity to discuss and shine a light on the important landscape associated with this amazing historical figure.