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Close Elections Signal a New Gilded Age
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History's Warning About Trump's Populism
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How the Burial Ground of My Enslaved African Ancestors Became a Historical Landmark
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Taft's Lesson for Musk and Ramaswamy
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How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement
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Shirley Chisholm's Legacy
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Lafayette's Lessons on Polarization
Bringing Americans together as the Marquis de Lafayette did would be unlikely in 2024, but the country can still learn from his story.
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The Troubling Role of Schools in Native History
Schools have historically been a site of harms against Native people. Today, educators can do better by teaching honest history that lifts up efforts to resist that violence.
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What Gladiator II Gets Right and Wrong
TIME talked to historians of ancient Rome about what we know and don't know about gladiator fights.
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The History of the Senate Rejecting Presidential Nominees
The last time the Senate rejected a President's Cabinet nominee of the same party was in 1925, when Coolidge nominated Warren for AG.
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Grover Cleveland's Warning for the GOP
The only president before Trump to win, lose, and win again ended up decimating his own party during his second term.
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The Contradictions of Conservative Masculinity
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