Roundup Top 10!
Why disabled Americans remain second-class citizensby David PettinicchioThe big hole in our civil rights laws. |
How the failure of popular politics triggered the rise of Boris Johnsonby Jesse TumblinInstead of solving intractable problems, public referendums simply exacerbate them. |
Ellis Island's history casts today's border cruelty in an even harsher lightby Megan J. WolffConditions right now are dirtier, more dangerous, and significantly crueler than they ever were at Ellis Island -- most pointedly so where children are concerned. |
When the American right loved Mexicoby Mario Del Pero and Vanni PettinàBack when conservatives exalted free markets, our neighbor to the south was a vital ally. |
2020 election is a test America can't afford to failby Nicole HemmerIf the American system re-elects Trump, then something is deeply wrong with either our system or ourselves. |
Trump's Supreme Court Challenge Has a Historical Precedentby Bethany BergerAs Trump agrees reluctantly to respect the court—at least in the case of the census—he follows, in part, that long-ago legal victory of the Cherokee Nation. |
Chicago’s resistance to ICE raids recalls Northern states’ response to the Fugitive Slave Actby Kate MasurAlmost 170 years later, the Fugitive Slave Act is viewed as one of the most repressive federal laws in all of American history. |
The long, ugly history of insisting minority groups can’t criticize Americaby Tyler AnbinderTrump’s attack against four Democratic members of Congress fits a pattern in U.S. politics. |
Fifty Years After the Moon Landing, Recalling One Small Misstepby Tad Daley & Jane ShevtsovWhy did the first humans to set foot off Planet Earth plant the flag of only part of Planet Earth? |
Trump revives the idea of a ‘white man’s country’, America’s original sinby Nell PainterIt can’t be left to black Americans alone to resist the president’s racism. Citizens of all colours need to resist, and embrace activism. |
Lincoln Would Not Recognize His Own Partyby David W. BlightHe would see the Republicans as the antithesis of everything he fought for. |
All the Presidents’ Librariansby Michael KoncewiczDespite being spied on and intimidated during my time in Yorba Linda, I still think presidential libraries are too important for historians to wash their hands of them. |
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The Vicious Fun of America’s Most Famous Literary Circleby Jennifer Ratner-RosenhagenThe Algonquin Round Table trained a generation of socially conscious writers. |