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Since the 1960s, the Supreme Court has enabled mass incarceration through rulings that violate... Læs mere
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After liberation in 1945, Koreans erupted with hopes for reform that had been bottled up during forty years of Japanese imperial rule. Arguing that... Læs mere
The culture wars are pitting us against each other with a vitriol that is fueling outright violence. Slotkin looks to the foundational myths... Læs mere
Mistaking Paris for a haven of freedom, slaves sought refuge there only to be hunted down, arrested, and deported. Through the biographies of enslaved... Læs mere
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Why did the Allied leaders—Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin—largely keep quiet about the Holocaust? Richard Breitman examines the... Læs mere
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