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  • SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
    10/13/2021

    Gaming Elections is a Conservative Political Tradition

    by John S. Huntington

    "Conservatives have spent generations attempting to exploit arcane and anti-democratic electoral structures to carve a pathway for minoritarian rule."

  • SOURCE: Black Perspectives
    9/30/2021

    Misappropriating MLK in the Critical Race Theory Debate

    by Tyler D. Parry

    Selective readings of Martin Luther King's writing and speeches swap his radical critiques of capitalism, militarism and inequality for bland colorblindness. The fact is that "CRT" is deeply rooted in King's work, which was unpopular among white Americans in his own time. 

  • SOURCE: The Bulwark
    9/30/2021

    My Father Harry Jaffa and the Birth of Modern Conservatism

    by Philip Jaffa

    Political scientist Harry Jaffa succeeded in cajoling the disparate elements of the right into a coalition dedicated to the pared-down goals of defeating Soviet communism and domestic socialism; after claiming victory in those battles, the coaltion has faltered. 

  • SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
    9/28/2021

    The Golden Age of "Traditional Marriage" Never Was

    by Lauren Gutterman

    Despite conservative mythologizing, married Americans in the postwar era frequently sought and secured space to explore same-sex attractions and relationships. These histories show that regardless of who controls the Supreme Court, conservatives will be unable to force a narrow model of family life on the public. 

  • SOURCE: New York Times
    98/15/2021

    Edsall: Abortion Has Always Been Part of Broader Politics

    Thomas Edsall draws on the work of historians Katherine Stewart, Randall Balmer, Jefferson Cowie and Darren Dochuk, plus other scholars, to argue that the "right to life" movement grew from the movement of resistance to school integration and today is sustained by politics of masculinity. 

  • SOURCE: New York Times
    8/26/2021

    Texas Republicans Have Cleared the Path to End Roe v. Wade

    by Mary Ziegler

    A Texas appeals court decision may lead to a Supreme Court case that will test whether the current justices can accommodate a public respect for precedent with a political preference for outlawing abortion. 

  • 8/8/2021

    The Republicans Have Abandoned the Big Tent

    by Donne Levy

    The Republicans have decisively parted ways with their past "big tent" strategy of placating the right wing while appealing to moderates. Now, it seems the party will try to win as a smaller right-wing party, making vote suppression, gerrymandering and the Electoral College more important.

  • SOURCE: The New Yorker
    8/2/2021

    The Big Money Behind the Big Lie

    by Jane Mayer

    The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, based in Wisconsin, is a key connection between past reactionary movements and contemporary efforts to sow doubt about the integrity of elections and potentially place partisan Republicans in charge of counting future votes. 

  • SOURCE: The Atlantic
    7/14/2021

    The Moral Collapse of J. D. Vance

    by Tom Nichols

    The "Hillbilly Elegy" author's standing as an honest voice on the right vanished as he decided embracing Trumpism was necessary for his Senate campaign. 

  • SOURCE: Washington Post
    7/14/2021

    How Tucker Carlson Became the Voice of White Grievance

    "What emerges is a portrait of an ambitious television personality who came of age in privilege — having grown up in an upper-class enclave and attended private schools — but who, by his own telling, is a victim."

  • SOURCE: The Bulwark
    7/13/2021

    What the Hell Happened to the Claremont Institute?

    by Laura K. Field

    "Many of the people associated with Claremont, including several of its most prominent figures, have gone all in for MAGA—some even embracing its most authoritarian, paranoid, and racist strands."