The United States Returns to Democracy
Remembering Kobe Bryant, a new president, and the lessons of history
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Featured Essay
Anna Reagan, “Dear Kobe Bryant: A Threnody.” (January 26, 2021)
Politics
Stephanie Engel, “Biden’s Made-for-TV Inauguration: The spectacle of unity required a camera angle that made the razor wire and the thousands of heavily-armed National Guard members invisible.” (January 28, 2021)
Jo Freeman, “Georgia On My Mind: The Democratic Party in Georgia has come a long way since the 1965 Voting Rights Act,” (January 28, 2021)
Colleen Doody, “Is Joe Biden a Socialist? No, but conservatives forget that some `socialist’ programs have worked pretty well.” (January 27, 2021)
Daniel Davies, “The Fishy Origins of Brexit: From herring and the Hundred Years War to the `cod wars’ of the 20th century.” (January 25, 2021)
Constructing America’s History
R. Grant Kleiser, “Towards a More Balanced History of the United States: How a page from history exposes the underlying politics of contemporary historical projects.” (January 28, 2021)
Annals of New York City
Linus Glenhaber, “What Conventional Histories of New York’s Struggles in the 1970s Leave Out: Remembering the heroic activism of the Bronx’s Evelina López Antonetty.” (January 28, 2021)
Columnists
John Stoehr, “Time for Liberals to Trust Chuck Schumer: The doubters are loud, but they may soon be quieted.” (January 27, 2021)
Heather Cox Richardson, “Welcome to the Biden Administration: In a week of hectic activity, the new president re-introduces Americans to the idea of government.” (January 28, 2021)
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