politics

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  

  Should Black Northerners Move Back to the South?

  by Tanisha C. Ford

  Historian Tanisha C. Ford reviews Charles M. Blow's book, which advocates for a Reverse Great Migration to empower both Black Americans and progressive policies. She concludes it's an intriguing idea but oversimplifies the history of migration, disenfranchisement, and activism by Black southerners and their allies.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  11/4/2020
  

  The Political Scientist Who Warned Us About Polls

  by David Greenberg

  Political scientist Lindsay Rogers had been warning about the inadequacies of polling for years before the famous "Dewey Defeats Truman" prediction. It appears the news media has failed to learn from his advice. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  7/12/2020
  

  Veterans Go to Washington--So What?

  by Nan Levinson

  Speculation about the effects of electing veterans to national office is seldom historically informed. Although it's assumed military experience and leadership would shape a legislator's vote, today's partisanship is probably the biggest influence. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/4/2020
  

  How Martin Luther King Jr.'s Groundless Traffic Ticket Changed History's Course

  by Michael Warren

  The incident, that took place on this day 60 years ago, proved to be the catalyst for electoral change.

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• SOURCE: The Dispatch
  4/26/2020
  

  There’s a Question My Confederate Ancestors Taught Me To Ask

  by David French

  Tribalism affected both abolitionists and Confederates during the Civil War. How does it impact modern politics?

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• SOURCE: Mother Jones
  4/21/2020
  

  Republican-Led Senate Panel Confirms That Russia Backed Trump in 2016

  The intelligence committee refutes the president’s unfounded claims by giving an Obama-era report its seal of approval.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  4/17/2020
  

  Did Gender Keep Democratic Women From Winning The Presidential Primary?

  Gender was definitely a factor in this year's Democratic primaries. How could it not be after what the party has seen over the past four years? But the ways in which attitudes about gender impacted the outcome are varied and, of course, more than a bit complicated.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  4/17/2020
  

  How the Coronavirus Might Upend the November Election

  Author David Daley on coronavirus and the threat to voting rights.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  4/19/2020
  

  What the Anti-Stay-At-Home Protests Are Really About

  They’re part of a Trumpian strategy from some conservative groups to reshape public opinion.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  4/17/2020
  

  We’re Living in Phyllis Schlafly’s America

  The striking new Hulu miniseries "Mrs. America" reveals the conservative author’s deep impact on contemporary politics.

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• SOURCE: History.com
  4/13/2020
  

  How Americans Have Voted Through History: From Voices to Screens

  From shouting candidates' names, to hanging chads to electronic scanning, the nature of voting has a long, sometimes bumpy history in the United States.

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  4/14/2020
  

  Might the Coronavirus Be a Peacemaker?

  Historian Tom Engleheart uses his past book "The End of Victory Culture" to propose how politics may function in a post-coronavirus world.

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• SOURCE: The Bulwark
  4/13/2020
  

  The Ditherer-in-Chief

  by Edward J. Larson

  Previous presidents have cemented their legacies by acting decisively in times of crisis. Trump… not so much.

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• SOURCE: Lapham's Quarterly
  4/7/2020
  

  Presidential Approval Rating

  by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

  George Washington tries to give the public what it wants.

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• SOURCE: The New Atlantis
  4/8/2020
  

  Prudence in a Storm

  by Yuval Levin

  Restrained action in a crisis is no wiser than panic in normal times.

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• SOURCE: The New York Review of Books
  4/13/2020
  

  What People Power Looks Like in a Pandemic Democracy

  by Corey Robin

  How will democracy function under quarantine? History may have the answer.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/12/2020
  

  The Second-Most-Dangerous Contagion in America: Conservative Irrationality

  by Max Boot

  Trump and the conservative media's rhetoric around coronavirus poses a threat to the general welfare of Americans.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  4/1/2020
  

  A Review of Andrew J. Bacevich's "American Conservatism: Reclaiming an Intellectual Tradition"

  From Henry Adams to Joan Didion, Bacevich chronicles American conservative thinking throughout the 20th century.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  4/12/2020
  

  The Debate Over a Post Office Bailout, Explained

  Republicans want privatization, Trump wants to stick it to Amazon.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/10/2020
  

  Our Fear of Government Power Has Left Us Fighting COVID-19 with Volunteerism

  by Elisabeth S. Clemens

  Americans have always relied on the private sector in times of war and disaster.