Abraham Lincoln

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  12/9/19
  

  The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  How America’s 16th president went from virtual obscurity to ending slavery.

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• 11/24/19
  

  Lincoln – not Pilgrims – responsible for Thanksgiving holiday

  by William C. Kashatus

  Since 1863, Thanksgiving has been observed annually in the United States.

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  10/24/19
  

  Trump’s Increasingly Weird Attempts to Compare Himself to Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Time and again, Trump has compared himself favorably to the sixteenth President, boasting, for example, that his poll numbers are higher—although, of course, there were no polls in the nineteenth century.

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• 10/13/19
  

  What the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Can Teach Presidential Contenders

  by Georgiann Baldino

  The Lincoln-Douglas debates became pivotal moments in national politics, and their lessons are vital today.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/10/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln, Washington Nationals fan

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  The long history of baseball in D.C. after the Nationals clenchend a National League Conference Series appearance. 

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• 9/29/19
  

  What Abraham Lincoln Got Right About Addiction

  by Ed Simon

  This National Recovery Month, Ed Simon examines the history of addiction recovery movements. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  9/4/19
  

  Donald Trump’s Republican Party is not the party of Lincoln

  by Sidney Blumenthal

  Republicans have embraced all that Lincoln loathed.

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• 9/8/19
  

  The American Left Needs a Contemporary Thad Stevens

  by Van Gosse

  Protest, “resistance,” and speaking truth to power are no longer enough. Leftists need to think about how to wield power in our complex political system and Thad Stevens offers a valuable blueprint. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  8/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum gets grants to help publish Abraham Lincoln papers

  The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has received more than $400,000 in grants for a project that aims to publish every document written by the nation's 16th president.

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• 8/4/19
  

  When Republicans Encouraged Immigration

  by Jason H. Silverman

  Whereas Trump espouses a “go back where you came from” ideology, Abraham Lincoln endorsed the first, last, and only bill in American history to actually encourage immigration.  

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  July 27, 2019
  

  You know who was into Karl Marx? No, not AOC. Abraham Lincoln.

  Abraham Lincoln and Karl Marx were friendly and deeply connected. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/25/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln’s Leap From a Window, and 4 Other Ways Lawmakers Have Fled Votes

  Republican state senators in Oregon have disappeared this month in an attempt to block a vote on climate change legislation. Minority parties have resorted to similar stunts for generations. One sure result: More division.

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• SOURCE: History Channel
  June 26, 2019
  

  Was Abraham Lincoln an Atheist?

  by Becky Little

  As a young man, Lincoln openly admitted to his lack of faith. As a politician, he spoke about God but refused to say he was a Christian.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/19/19
  

  A New Lincoln Bible, From a Mantel to a Presidential Library

  More than 150 years later, historians have discovered the Bible for the first time, a unique artifact of the 16th president’s life that they did not even know existed.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/8/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln’s $6 Million Hat

  It’s a relic of a beloved president. But did he ever wear it?

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• 5/1/19
  

  Sidney Blumenthal on Abraham Lincoln and Why History Always Matters

  To celebrate the History News Network's arrival at the George Washington University, HNN hosted "Why History Always Matters." As part of the event, HNN Editor Kyla Sommers interviewed Mr. Blumenthal on the importance of history and his 5-part biography of Abraham Lincoln.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/17/19
  

  Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden and the politics of touch

  by Mark M. Smith

  No one was better at tactile politics than Abraham Lincoln.

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• 3/24/19
  

  Political Leadership and the Need for a New American Story

  by Walter G. Moss

  Both Lincoln and FDR understood that to reach people, to motivate them, to win them over, a president had to appeal to their emotions, and storytelling was one way of doing so.

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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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• SOURCE: Seattle Times
  3/8/19
  

  The Constitution must be our ‘political religion’: Remembering Lincoln’s words

  by Eli Merritt

  President Lincoln's words remind us that to survive as a democracy we must transcend our racial, religious, regional and party affiliations, and embrace the Constitution and the rule of law.