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The insurrectionary actions unfolding on Capitol Hill were the doing of pro-Trump extremists and domestic terrorists. But a look at history suggests that in many ways, these events have a long tradition in this country.
Historian Eric Foner on the long tradition of white nationalists clashing with Black people exercising their rights.
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Guns, conspiracies, rampages are part of who we have always been. Until we face that truth, we’ll never change it.
November 28, 2020 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Friedrich Engels. The German revolutionary philosopher made pathbreaking and profound contributions to modern social and political theory, playing a critical role in developing classical Marxism
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18th century militias aimed to protect the country, heavily armed 21st century ones are trying to tear it apart.
It is a story that began three decades ago, with a little-known scientist who refused to quit.
Trump’s charge that Zinn makes students feel “ashamed” of their history is false. Zinn offers dramatic accounts of Americans resisting oppression, promoting not shame but pride in this ongoing and unfinished struggle for social justice.
Amid national crises, Lincoln and his Republicans remade the Supreme Court to fit their agenda
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