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The Most Rancorous Line

Nicholas Guyatt The New York Review of Books
How did the Mason–Dixon Line—meant to resolve a long-standing colonial border dispute—come to represent the US’s foundational divide between slavery and freedom?

The Third Sovereign

Robert Sullivan The New York Review of Books
If there is hope for the earth, it will depend in part on acknowledging indigenous sovereignty in the face of insatiable resource extraction.

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Reader Comments: Nov 4 Elections - The Winner-The People, The Loser- Donald Trump; Socialist Takes Power, Not the First Time in a U.S. City; World Economy’s Center of Gravity Shifts; Peace is/Peace is Not Campaign; How Can Unions Defend Worker Power

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Reader Comments: Zohran Mamdani Wins!; U.S. Left History; Trump Blows Up White House, Blows Up Food Budgets, Now Wants to Blow Up World; The Fight Ahead - From Ceasefire to A Just Peace - Meet Standing Together's leaders in New York City; more....
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