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September 21, 2026

This Week in People’s History, Sep 23–29, 2026

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Sailors on the deck of the USS Monitor during the Civil War

Non-Discrimination Fills the Civil War Navy’s Recruitment Goal (1861), Are Storms of Moral Indignation a Thing of the Past? (1852), The World Gets Its First Billionaire (1916), Teaching Black Children to Accept a Debased Place Within Society (1760)

November 8, 2022

Dispatches From the Culture Wars – November 8, 2022

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Why we should always talk politics at the dinner table

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September 15, 2020

The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That's Made the U.S. Less Secure

Nick Hanauer and David M. Rolf TIME

The upward redistribution of income has cost Americans workers $50 trillion over the past several decades. On average, extreme inequality is costing the median income full-time worker about $42,000 a year.

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