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A Tale of Two Cities
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was
Rededicate* 250
This coming Sunday, the Trump White House is holding "Rededicate 250," a massive religious event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., designed to "give thanks for God's providence, reflect on our nation's story, and rededicate America as One Nation under God.
Rethinking the Civil Rights Movement
Last night I gave this talk to the Princeton Adult School about the connections between the civil rights movement of the 1960s and similar struggles in our own time, pulling together a few things I've written about in the past and packaging them for a general audience. I
Boots on the Ground
The Trump administration and its allies have been busy for weeks now insisting that their war with Iran is not, technically speaking, a "war." And now that this not-a-war war is likely expanding beyond air strikes to include the deployment of troops inside the region, they