The Atlantic
America’s Innovation Engine Is Slowing
7 min read · 2020-07-19 · Universities are in trouble and the influx of brainpower from overseas is shrinking. The long-term consequences could be disastrous.
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The Washington Post
Opinion | The Lincoln Project is trying to save the Republican Party from itself
2020-07-22 · Never Trumpers are showing that they’re more faithful to conservative principles than the GOP.
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Slate
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
7 min read · 2020-07-19 · Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Brian Kemp are the reason the civil rights icon had to keep fighting until his dying breath.
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The Atlantic
How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far
9 min read · 2020-07-09 · A historian imagines the chapter high schoolers might read one day about this momentous time.
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Guardian US
‘Reject the lies of history’: Washington reckons with tributes to racist past
6 min read · 2020-07-05 · The US capital is adorned with monuments to American history, but as schools change names and statues are toppled, legacies are under scrutiny
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Smithsonian Magazine
These Portraits Revisit the Legacies of Famous Americans
3 min read · 2020-07-01 · Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures' descendants
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Aeon+Psyche
The most dangerous pathogens in human history have moved by stealth
~12 min read · 2020-06-30 · From the Black Death to polio, the most dangerous pathogens have moved silently, transmitted by apparently healthy people
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Five Books
Best Books on the Civil War | Five Books Expert Recommendations
10 min read · 2020-06-22 · The best books on the American civil war, as recommended by Drew Gilipin Faust, one of the leading historians of the period and former president of Harvard
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HISTORY
Battle of Gettysburg
5 min read · 2020-07-03 · The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over
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Atlas Obscura
African-American Civil War Memorial
1 min read · 2020-06-02 · The first memorial dedicated solely to the African-American troops who fought for the Union.
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medium.com
The risk of an American Civil War is remote
~12 min read · 2020-06-06 · Every now and then I hear people express concern that political polarization might lead to a new American Civil War.
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apollo-magazine.com
Mapping American Civil War monuments
6 min read · 2020-07-03 · American Civil War monuments have locked in place partial versions of the past – but other stories emerge in exploring how and why they were erected
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The Dispatch
The Shot Heard Round—and Round and Round—the World
2020-07-09 · Thoughts on gratitude for the founding of America.
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The Atlantic
The Confederacy Was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State
6 min read · 2020-06-21 · The actual Confederate States of America was a repressive state devoted to white supremacy.
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The Atlantic
RIP Democracy
20+ min read · From 2020 · Russia’s goal was never merely to elect Donald Trump. Now, Vladimir Putin is poised to complete the mission he began four years ago.
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The New Republic
This Is Fascism
10 min read · 2020-06-02 · Trump is sending an unambiguous message to a country in turmoil—and his armed supporters, from cops to vigilantes, hear it loud and clear.
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