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William Hogeland is a historian and writer. His books include The Whiskey Rebellion and Inventing American History.
The National Statuary Collection announced the unification of the former slave economy’s emotional heartland with the heart of national government.
Our civics has encouraged us to think of voting as special. Roberts’s opinion suggests we have misled ourselves.
As soon as there was a Constitution, fights about its meaning began.
Repeatedly in U.S. history, liebralism and populism have defined themselves by rhetorical rejection of the other.
Alexander Hamilton’s national vision was far more troubling than his promoters acknowledge.
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