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August 11, 2025
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Johann Neem
Trump Is the Enemy of the American Revolution
He has produced a crisis much like the one the colonists faced two and a half centuries ago. Now it’s our responsibility to uphold the Founders’ legacy.
April 16, 2025
Timothy Noah
Harvard Stood Up to Trump. Too Bad the School Wasn’t Always So Brave.
The university’s last “finest hour” was more than 200 years ago.
March 21, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Is Trump Trying to Undo The American Revolution?
Did Donald Trump really just suggest becoming part of England?
August 24, 2021
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Osita Nwanevu
The Incoherence of American History
We ascribe too much meaning to the early years of the republic.
August 20, 2021
David Klion
Mike Duncan Takes On the Turmoil of History
In over 150 hours of his podcast “Revolutions” and a new book, Duncan wrestles with centuries of upheaval.
August 17, 2020
Ian Beacock
Can Democracy Handle Charisma?
From George Washington to Simón Bolívar, magnetic leaders built modern democracies. They also broke them.
July 3, 2017
Matthew C. Simpson
Benjamin Franklin and His Son, Divided by Independence
A new dual biography tells how the American Revolution drove the Franklins apart.
May 4, 2016
Eric Herschthal
When All Men Were Created Separate, But Equal
After the revolution, former slaves and native populations were forced to segregate from the new Republic.
October 22, 2015
A.N. Devers
Marquis de Lafayette, American Hero
The making of the Revolutionary War General into a national icon
July 19, 2013
Alan Taylor
The American Beginning
The dark side of Crèvecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"
July 18, 1988
Henry Fairlie
Henry Fairlie on What Europeans Thought of Our Revolution
It really was a shot heard round the world.
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