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Pop Culture Roundup: This Week This week ... Rembrandt in 3-D, Brad Pitt's WW2, Hitler comedy, New Yorker TV, Ken Burns, and much much more.

The Sovereignty of Women by Jill Lepore What can be expected in the way of attacks on the legitimacy of a female ruler?

A New Fascist Revolution? by Susan Schorn We're in a fascist moment in many countries. But what kind of fascism?

Civic Education in the Age of Trump by Jonathan Zimmerman Public schools in the United States aren’t teaching students how to engage diverse opinions.

My Grandmother Voted for Hitler… But Then Hid Jews by Marianne Schaefer Trench This German granddaughter has always wondered how Hitler persuaded decent people like her grandmother to vote for him. Listening to Trump, now she knows.

Why Cruz Is Worse Than Trump by Paul Krugman On economics, that is.

Donald Trump’s Nuclear Uncle by Amy Davidson He mentions his uncle so often, and in such extravagant terms—“brilliant,” “one of the top, top professors at M.I.T.”—that it seems worth asking what the professor and his arcane knowledge mean to him.

‘It Was Riotous’: An Oral History of the GOP’s Last Open Convention by Adam Wren Twenty Republican Party figures remember 1976.

Is Hillary Clinton responsible for rise of ISIL, as Bernie’s Campaign Manager Alleged? by Juan Cole "She continues to have a very, very hawkish foreign policy that has led to the rise and expansion of ISIS throughout the Middle East.” - Jeff Weaver, Bernie Sanders’ campaign manager

Jackie Robinson: Militant Black Republican by Leah Wright Rigueur “I’m a black man first, an American second, and then I will support a political party—third,” said Robinson in 1968.