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The Gentleman Pirate
How Stede Bonnet went from wealthy landowner to villain on the sea
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A Must Read: Jane Mayer’s ‘Dark Money’ Uncovers Hidden History of Billionaire Kochs
In her new book, the New Yorker writer considers the damage the Koch brothers' network has done to our democracy. By Bill Moyers.
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America’s Scandalous, Psychic, Forgotten First Female Presidential Candidate
Decades before women won the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull ran for president, started her own newspaper, and became one of America's first female stockbrokers. She also found time to advocate for free love and talk to ghosts. By Lyz Lenz.
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The rebel yell that terrified the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War has been successfully reconstructed
...and it's more terrifying than I'd ever imagined.
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Princeton vs. Preservationists Over Site of 1777 Battle
A research institute’s plans for a housing development in Princeton, N.J., has drawn criticism from preservationists of a storied Revolutionary War battleground.
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An Open Letter to Rep. John Lewis
Representative Lewis, Yesterday, you stated the following about Bernie Sanders’s record on fighting for civil rights in the 1960s... Sincerely, Douglas Williams. (Feb. 12)
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Vagabond Express
Riding Greyhound from coast to coast, from the Great Depression to the Great Recession. By Haley Cullingham. (Feb. 5)
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Little Graves in Georgia
“Fiddlin’ John” Carson’s darkest murder ballad. By Christopher C. King.
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President Hillary Clinton Will Destroy America and Ruin Everything You Love
To be fair, there is a lot to Hillary Clinton. Hillarys Clinton, even. In all her positions she has been substantial and serious. Donald Trump may be a traveling show steamrolling through town, but Clinton has had a recurring gig in American law and politics since before the days of Richard Nixon... By Lucy Steigerwald.
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How photography – and phrenology – helped make Abraham Lincoln president
“Political commentators have focused rightly on how ideology divides US politics, but the story of Lincoln’s face reminds us of technology’s unique capacity to change what we expect from our leaders.” By Joanna Cohen.
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When the Messiah Came to America, She Was a Woman
On the rise and fall of American utopia. By Chris Jennings.
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Behind the scenes of the Donald Trump - Roger Stone show
Somehow I’d missed the earlier news that Roger Stone—Dick Nixon dirty trickster, fascist fan of Roy Cohn, lobbyist for some of the worst dictators in the world—was running Trump’s campaign. By Mark Ames. (Aug. ’15)
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KIRO Radio accidentally saves American history
A case of 'accidental preservation' resulted in the creation of a nearly complete archive of CBS news broadcasts during World War II.
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Klansville U.S.A. - PBS American Experience Documentary
Having been dormant for decades, the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) reemerged in the U.S. after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, gaining momentum in the U.S. as the civil rights movement grew.
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Memphis Burning
The horrific lynching of Ell Persons was national news in 1917, then forgotten. Nearly 100 years later, his story is coming back to life. By Martha Park.
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How gentrification really changes a neighborhood
To neighbors, she was “Miss Anna,” and to her children, she was the strictest, strongest woman in Kirkwood. By Josh Green.
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Meet the Badass Women Cartographers of Early North America
The first part in a series exploring little-seen contributions to cartography.
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Capitalism’s Capital: The Man Who Built New York
Jackson Lears reviews “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert Caro.
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K Troop
The Untold Story of the Eradication of the Original Ku Klux Klan. By Matthew Pearl.
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‘Shuffle Along’ and the Painful History of Black Performance in America
Minstrelsy. Blackface. Mugging. Out of this twisted past came one of the first successful all-black Broadway musicals. Now an ambitious revival is bringing it back. By John Jeremiah Sullivan.
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