politics

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• 2/19/19
  

  We Need to Acknowledge the Power of the Israel Lobby

  by Walter L. Hixson

  Israel and its American supporters have assembled the most powerful lobby pursuing the interests of a foreign country in all American history.

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• 2/16/19
  

  Barack Obama, Politics, and Presidential Rankings

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  How can political circumstances alter how scholars rank past presidents? 

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• 2/14/19
  

  Is the Green New Deal Impossible?

  by James Brewer Stewart

  The Green New Dealers, the Abolitionists and the “Right Side of History”

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• SOURCE: Politico Magazine
  2/13/19
  

  The Dark History of Anti-Gay Innuendo

  by James Kirchick

  The accusation that Lindsay Graham is susceptible to blackmail is historically groundless, predicated upon the same flawed assumption most people held about gays at the height of the Cold War: that they would commit treason in order to avoid being outed.  

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• SOURCE: AP
  2/12/19
  

  Wisconsin GOP erases Colin Kaepernick from Black History Month Resolution

  Wisconsin Republicans tried to bring their resolution excluding Kaepernick to the floor but fell short of the two-thirds majority they needed after all the chamber’s Democrats voted against the move.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  2/9/19
  

  Democrats are drowning out Trump's tweets

  by Julian Zelizer

  Democrats finally have a bully pulpit of their own: the House of Representatives.

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• 2/10/19
  

  Why Our World Seems Out of Control

  by Walter G. Moss

  What the world needs more than ever are wise political leaders who can redirect technology to serve the common good.

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• SOURCE: PBS Newshour
  2/5/19
  

  Video of the Week 2: Michael Beschloss Analyzes Trump's State of the Union Address

  How will President Trump's 2019 State of the Union address fit into American history?

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  2/5/19
  

  What a Hundred-Year-Old Department Store Can Tell Us About the Overlap of Retail, Religion and Politics

  The legacy left behind by the Philadelphia-based retail chain Wanamaker’s is still felt by shoppers today  

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• 2/5/19
  

  State of the Union: How Can We Assess Donald Trump’s First Two Years in Office?

  by Michael Nelson

  For all his decline in effectiveness, Trump has not become less influential.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  1/30/19
  

  Jeremi Suri: The Case for Howard Schultz

  by Jeremi Suri

  "Third-party figures did not play spoiler to particular candidates; they were reflections of the weaknesses of the main-party candidates from the start."

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• 1/9/19
  

  Congresswoman Virginia Foxx Thinks We Should Abandon The Term "Vocational Training." I Disagree.

  by David Barber

  It's still important to distinguish between "education" and "training." 

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• 1/5/19
  

  What Can Historians Teach The Media In The Era of Trump? 4 Historians Weigh In

  by Kyla Sommers

  “Truth itself is under attack and expertise is suspect." So what role can historians play?

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• SOURCE: AP
  12-28-2018
  

  Jerry Brown wraps a 5-decade history in California politics

  The son of Gov. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown became governor at 36 and built a reputation as an idealist who eschewed traditional trappings of wealth and power.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  12-27-2018
  

  How women used civil disobedience to change American politics

  by Connie Hassett-Walker

  Breaking laws to break the glass ceiling.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-24-2018
  

  What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America

  by Yascha Mounk

  “[T]he good news is that Trump will, once the history of our own mortal Republic is written, turn out to be a relatively minor character. Far from single-handedly destroying our political system, he is the transitional figure whose election demonstrates the extent to which the failings of our democracy are finally starting to take their toll."

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• 1/13/19
  

  Is There a Statesman in the House?  Either House?  

  by John T. Shaw

  Now more than ever the United States needs leaders willing to put their careers on the line.

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• 2/3/19
  

  The Inspiring Campaign We All Need to Remember at this Horrible Time in Politics

  by Joel K. Goldstein

  It was the campaign run by Vice Presidential candidate Ed Muskie in 1968.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-15-2018
  

  Is There Such a Thing as an Authoritarian Voter?

  by Molly Worthen

  Political scientists want to know. They’re not the only ones.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-12-2018
  

  The Supreme Court confirmation process is actually less political than it once was

  by Timothy S. Huebner

  Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than in the 19th century