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November 28, 2021
We All Live in the John Birch Society’s World Now
In his lifetime, Robert Welch toiled in the mocked and marginal fringe. Today his ideas are the mainstream of the American right.
by Chris Lehmann

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Why has a relatively conventional history of the War of Independence drawn such an outraged response?
by Eric Herschthal
Alex Winter’s new documentary about the musician fails to capture his deeply conventional streak.
by John Semley

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Why Meghan Daum, Bret Easton Ellis, and Wesley Yang reject social justice movements on the left
by Ryu Spaeth
Isabel Wilkerson compares American racism to structures of oppression in India and Nazi Germany.
by Gaiutra Bahadur
The stories we tell about crime too often prop up fantasies about law enforcement and justice.
by Andrea DenHoed
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