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Jill Lepore
September 8, 2020
MagazineJ.C. Pan
The Anti-Democratic Origins of Voter Prediction
How the Simulmatics Corporation tried to engineer an election—and paved the way for the Cambridge Analytica scandal
September 17, 2018
MagazineMichael Kazin
The Origins of America’s Enduring Divisions
For Jill Lepore, the United States has always been a nation caught between its sunny ideals and its darker realities.
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Linda Kinstler, Kevin Mahnken
The Best State of the Union Addresses, Ever
Historians weigh in with their top choices
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Rand And The Tea Parties
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