November 7, 2026 The First Muslim Senator: Michigan, Like the Founding Fathers, Repudiates Islamophobic Bigotry in Senate Race Juan Cole Informed Comment El-Sayed’s defeat of prejudice is the most American thing in the world. I have gone blue in the face pointing out that the Founding Fathers explicitly recognized freedom of religion and conscience for Muslims, as well as Jews, Catholics and others.
July 25, 2021 Benjamin Franklin’s Fight Against a Deadly Virus Mark Canada, Christian Chauret The Conversation Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptics.
July 3, 2020 The Radicalism of the American Revolution — and Its Lessons for Today Ezra Klein Vox Harvard political theorist Danielle Allen discusses the US’s founding, prison abolition, and the future of democracy.
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