politics

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• 7/17/19
  

  Billionaires and American Politics

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Big money politics in America has always existed, but the influence of billionaires has become increasingly influential in recent years.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  7/9/19
  

  The President Didn't Always Have Power Over Trade Deals

  by William Hauk

  Until the 1930s, it was Congress that set the terms of U.S. trade negotiations with other countries and raised and lowered tariffs as it saw fit, while the president did little but sign his name.

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• SOURCE: Hyperallergic
  7/3/19
  

  The False Narratives of the Fall of Rome Mapped Onto America

  by Sarah E. Bond

  It is disturbing to see how gravely inaccurate 19th-century depictions of the destruction of Rome are used to illustrate news stories today, particularly those that draw parallels between Rome and the United States.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/3/19
  

  Why Democrats are wrong about Trump’s politicization of the Fourth of July

  by Shira Lurie

  He’s not doing anything that hasn’t been done for centuries.

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• 7/2/19
  

  The 2020 Election and Presidential Age

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  We could have the oldest President in American history at inauguration with Sanders, Biden or Warren, or the youngest President in American history with Buttigieg, Gabbard, Swalwell or Moulton.

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• 6/30/19
  

  How the Specter of Andrew Johnson Haunts Donald Trump

  by Mike Purdy

  When the history books are written, impeachment may define Trump’s presidency in a similar way that “impeachment” and “Andrew Johnson” are solidly and forever linked together.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/24/19
  

  Whatever Happened to Moral Capitalism?

  by Michael Kazin

  Let one loyal, if anxious, Democrat offer a solution: “moral capitalism,” a system that, in the words of Congressman Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts, would be “judged not by how much it produces, but how broadly it empowers, backed by a government unafraid to set the conditions for fair and just markets.”

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/25/19
  

  How right-wing talking points distort the history of slavery

  by Tyler D. Parry

  As we debate reparations, we need to get the facts right.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  6/22/19
  

  Would Buttigieg be the first gay president? Maybe not.

  “I would imagine we’ve probably had excellent presidents who were gay, we just didn’t know which ones,” Pete Buttigieg told Axios. Historians weigh in.

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• SOURCE: LA Progressive
  6/10/19
  

  How to Select a Democrat to Beat Trump in 2020

  by Walter G. Moss

  In a Democratic presidential candidate for 2020 we want someone who possesses the major wisdom virtues, virtues that will assist him/her to further the common good. In addition, we need someone with a progressive unifying vision. 

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• SOURCE: National Review
  6/6/19
  

  Warren Harding Was a Better President Than We Think

  by David Harsanyi

  An analysis of presidential rankings and a defense of Warren G. Harding. 

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• 6/2/19
  

  A Brief History of the Theory Trump and Barr Use to Resist Congressional Oversight

  by Donald J. Fraser

  Unitary executive theory from Alexander Hamilton to Donald J. Trump. 

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• 5/26/19
  

  On Toad-Eating, Tyranny, and Trump

  by Frank Palmeri

  What a writer in 19th-century England can teach us about Republicans, the press, and Trump. 

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• SOURCE: Perspectives on History
  5/20/19
  

  On the Recent Executive Order on"Free Inquiry" in Higher Education

  by James Grossman and Edward Liebow

  President Donald Trump’s executive order of March 21 on “free inquiry, transparency, and accountability in colleges and universities” is a textbook example of a classic negotiating ploy—misdirection. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  5/21/19
  

  The Partisan

  The political odyssey of Sean Wilentz.

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• 5/19/19
  

  From 37 to 79: Age and Presidential Campaigns

  by Ron Faucheux

  When Buttigieg was born, Biden had already served nine years in the U.S. Senate. When Sanders was born, Franklin Roosevelt was president.

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• 5/16/19
  

  What If Donald Trump Resigned?

  by Vaughn Davis Bornet

  When President Richard Nixon finally decided the time had come, he wrote a one line notification of what he was doing. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/4/19
  

  Men Invented ‘Likability.’ Guess Who Benefits.

  by Claire Bond Potter

  It was pushed by Madison Avenue and preached by self-help gurus. Then it entered politics.

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• SOURCE: New Yorker
  4/13/19
  

  How the Presidential Memoir Evolved

  by Jill Lepore

  Jill Lepore on the "Confessions of a Presidential Candidate."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/3/19
  

  How John and John Quincy Adams predicted the Age of Trump

  by Carol Berkin

  “The Problem of Democracy” offers a final warning to its readers who live in an era of “alternate truths” and blind devotion to charismatic leaders.