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How the Right Gets Reagan Wrongby Henry OlsenAnd what will happen if they don't start getting him right. |
Confederate Monuments and the Forgotten Warning of a Crisis to Comeby Ibram X. KendiNot every aspect of that heritage and history is well known. |
Comparing Donald Trump to Richard Nixon is unfair — to Nixonby Max BootWatergate was about a domestic political break-in. Kremlingate is far darker and more consequential. |
What pundits and politicians have gotten wrong about inequalityby Destin JenkinsA historian explains the broader dimensions of the wealth gap – and how race plays a role. |
African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Centuryby Leah DouglasAn obscure legal loophole is often to blame. |
How the GOP Turned Against Medicaidby Joshua ZeitzIt began as a modest, bipartisan program to help poor children. But as America’s economy hollowed out, Medicaid grew—and Republicans came to oppose it. |
Watergate didn’t become Watergate overnight, eitherby Frank RichTrump’s implosion is more likely to occur before there’s an impeachment vote on the floor of the House — as was the case with Nixon. |
Mitch McConnell Refused to Meet With Group That Funded His Polio Recoveryby Jesse HicksHe received treatments as a child at FDR’s Warm Springs. But turned his back on the March of Dimes when they came calling. |
Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lieby Ibram X. KendiFifty years ago, some Americans blamed the “rioters” who rebelled and were killed by the police in nearly 130 cities for their own deaths. |
Why did ISIS blow up the mosque in Mosul?by Kishwar RizviIt was following a tradition established by Saudi Arabia. |