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SOURCE: History Extra
2/11/19
A history of United States government shutdowns
Like so much else, it’s all the fault of the founding fathers.
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2/3/19
Sleeping Giant: When Public Workers Awake
by Leon Fink
What W.E.B. Du Bois and American labor history can teach us about the government shutdown's end.
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SOURCE: Salon
1/24/19
Donald Trump's SOTU fiasco: Historians say it's unprecedented
Historians tell Salon that Trump's State of the Union implosion is completely "without precedent."
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/25/19
The State of the Union shifts power to the president. Pelosi took it back.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell
The shutdown upended the ‘bully pulpit’ Trump’s predecessors have used.
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1/24/19
What Historians Are Saying: State of the Union 2019
What historians are saying on Twitter about Pelosi, Trump, and the postponed State of the Union address.
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1/24/19
What Alexander the Great Can Teach Trump About Compromise
by Robert Garland
A light-hearted historical solution to the government shutdown.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/24/19
The shutdown is Trump’s ultimate attack on American intellectual life
by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
The consequences of the shutdown nobody is talking about
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SOURCE: NPR
1/18/19
Heather Cox Richardson On The First Government Shutdown In U.S. History
The first government shutdown in history was in 1879, when former Confederate Democrats in Congress refused to fund the government unless protections for black voters went away.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/16/19
Will the State of the Union be postponed? That hasn’t happened since the Challenger disaster.
Postponing a State of the Union speech is not unprecedented.
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SOURCE: Time
1/11/19
This Shutdown Isn’t the First Time the U.S. Government Has Broken Down. The History Doesn't Bode Well for Trump
by David Kaiser
Have comparable breakdowns ever happened before? Yes, a few times. The earlier episodes shed some light on what has caused our current crisis, and give us some idea of how it is likely to be resolved.
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1/13/19
A Tyrant's Temper Tantrum
by Ed Simon
How the History of England's 17th Century Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War Shows the Shutdown's Potential to Spur Radical Change
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SOURCE: The Conversation
1/9/19
A Political Scientist Analyzes Why Trump Will Likely Lose the Government Shutdown
by John A. Tures
One of the biggest myths about government shutdowns is that presidents usually win.
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2/15/19
UPDATED: What Historians Are Saying About Trump's National Emergency and Press Conference
A curated collection of Tweets and articles from across the web.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
1/8/19
Lincoln's Legacy and the Government Shutdown: The Suicide of a Great Democracy
by George Packer
A shutdown looks like the beginning of the end that Lincoln always knew was possible.
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SOURCE: Pacific Standard
1/5/19
A Former House Historian Speaks About the Unprecedented New Congress – and the Government Shutdown
No one has ever shut down the government before over a single issue. Plus: What's special about this incoming class of congresspeople.
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11/4/19
Government Shutdowns Illustrate the Pragmatism of the Founding Fathers
by Dale Schlundt
While we feel elements of failure and despair during a shutdown, it is also illustration of the fundamental brilliance of our Republic.
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Separating Children from Their Parents Is an Anglo-American Tradition
by Jeremy Seabrook
We need to face facts.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
10-3-13
The Shutdown Standoff Is One of the Worst Crises in American History
by John B. Judis
Welcome to Weimar America.
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