asteriskmag.com
Making Sense of Moral Change—Asterisk
16+ min · · A conversation about abolitionism, moral progress, and the pitfalls of historical counterfactuals. · Shared by 124, including LoriBeth, Rutger Bregman, Steven Pinker
The New Republic
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism
19+ min · · The critics of progressive identity politics have got it all wrong: They’re the illiberal ones. · Shared by 100, including Bjorn Larsen, Matt Zoller Seitz, erik spiekermann, Kate Manne, Kara Swisher, David Wallace-Wells, Justin Tiehen, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, LoriBeth, Jason Stanley, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Mathew Ingram
The Atlantic
America’s Innovation Engine Is Slowing
7 min · · Universities are in trouble and the influx of brainpower from overseas is shrinking. The long-term consequences could be disastrous. · Shared by 118, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Rick King, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, LoriBeth, Tom Connor, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, rohit
The Washington Post
Opinion | The Lincoln Project is trying to save the Republican Party from itself
· Never Trumpers are showing that they’re more faithful to conservative principles than the GOP. · Shared by 13, including LoriBeth, Carly, Xeorge Xonway
Slate
Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way
7 min · · Republicans like Mitch McConnell and Brian Kemp are the reason the civil rights icon had to keep fighting until his dying breath. · Shared by 50, including Larry Ferlazzo, Richard Deitsch, Joshua Benton, LoriBeth, anildash.com
The Atlantic
How a History Textbook Would Describe 2020 So Far
9 min · · A historian imagines the chapter high schoolers might read one day about this momentous time. · Shared by 83, including LoriBeth
The Guardian
‘Reject the lies of history’: Washington reckons with tributes to racist past
6 min · · The US capital is adorned with monuments to American history, but as schools change names and statues are toppled, legacies are under scrutiny · Shared by 43, including LoriBeth
Smithsonian Magazine
These Portraits Revisit the Legacies of Famous Americans
3 min · · Photographer Drew Gardner painstakingly recreates the images with the notable figures' descendants · Shared by 19, including Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, LoriBeth
Aeon+Psyche
The most dangerous pathogens in human history have moved by stealth
12+ min · · From the Black Death to polio, the most dangerous pathogens have moved silently, transmitted by apparently healthy people · Shared by 84, including Christian Surchi, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Doug Sundheim, Simon C, LoriBeth, Liv 😷
Five Books
Best Books on the Civil War | Five Books Expert Recommendations
10 min · · 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 · Shared by 6, including LoriBeth
HISTORY
Battle of Gettysburg
5 min · · 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 · Shared by 5, including LoriBeth
Atlas Obscura
African-American Civil War Memorial
1 min · · The first memorial dedicated solely to the African-American troops who fought for the Union. · Shared by 5, including LoriBeth
medium.com
The risk of an American Civil War is remote
12+ min · · Every now and then I hear people express concern that political polarization might lead to a new American Civil War. · Shared by 6, including LoriBeth, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️
apollo-magazine.com
Mapping American Civil War monuments
6 min · · 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 · Shared by 5, including LoriBeth, Jason Zweig
The Dispatch
The Shot Heard Round—and Round and Round—the World
· Thoughts on gratitude for the founding of America. · Shared by 6, including LoriBeth
The Atlantic
The Confederacy Was an Antidemocratic, Centralized State
6 min · · The actual Confederate States of America was a repressive state devoted to white supremacy. · Shared by 95, including @augieray@mastodon.social, LoriBeth, Stephen C Sanders, David Austin Walsh, Rick Powell