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Jack Rakove

SOURCE: World Socialist Website
1/20/2022

Jack Rakove on Writing History, and the 1619 Project

The Stanford historian emeritus gives a wide-ranging interview about his career, the American revolution, writing history, and his disagreements with the 1619 Project.

SOURCE: The Los Angeles Crier
1-18-17

Jack Rakove tells League of Women Voters Electoral College needs to be abolished

Smaller states do not need or warrant added protections, and a vote should count the same no matter where it is cast.