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So, who's "dependent" on government?
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Right wing takes aim at public education
JULY 23, 2012 10:32AM
Topics: politics, education, public schools, charter schools, texas board of education, right wing, history, massachusetts education reform act, a nation at risk, william weld, bi-partisanship, curriculum frameworks, teachers unions, tenure, mandatory testing, class size, republican party, rick scott, scott walker, president obama, mitt romney, diane ravitch, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, school vouchers, school choice, evolution, creationism, bible-based math, religious right, christian fundamentalism, outcomes based education, john birch society, john adams, horace mann, civil war, confederates, jim crow, ku klux klan, mccarthyism, education reform, tax cuts, national governors association, federal student loans, privitization
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History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age
APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM
Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics
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A Very Impersonal Thing: Ron Paul's Polite White Racism
JANUARY 25, 2012 1:28PM
Topics: ron paul, libertarianism, politics, republican party, race, civil rights, civil war
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Finding My Great Great Grandmother
JULY 8, 2011 7:19PM
Topics: geneology, history, photography, technology, civil war, tintype, family
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Today in History: The Death of John Jefferson Williams
MAY 13, 2011 8:42AM
Topics: palmito ranch, history, civil war
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Will Virginia Stay in the Union?
APRIL 12, 2011 9:58PM
Topics: anniversary of the civil war, civil war, slavery, critical thinking, racism, the south, education, expert
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Sweet Secrets, Ancestral Whispers
APRIL 10, 2011 1:15PM
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Civil War Comes Calling in Ivory Coast
MARCH 30, 2011 11:43AM
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In a Confederate Graveyard
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Secessionist Fantasies in Bloom
APRIL 15, 2010 8:30AM
Topics: belief/religion, politics, magical thinking, mayor keith summey, tea party, civil war, slavery, south carolina monument to the ordinance of secession, articles of confederation, texas v. white, governor rick perry, emily conley, resolution of secession, minnesota republican party, dallas morning news, minneapolis star tribune, lori sturdevant, party of lincoln flirts with a house-divided resolution, article iv, article vii, states rights, sovereignty of states, minnesota politicscelebration of the confederacy, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, secession, fred morrison professor of law, michael c. dorf
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Getting Beyond the Johnny Reb Jihad
APRIL 14, 2010 9:50AM
Topics: lost cause, gettysburg, interpretation, history, terrorism, roland martin, bob mcdonnell, confederate history month, civil war
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Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History
APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM
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the amalgam of need
JANUARY 18, 2010 8:43AM
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There is a bomb, or Gadhafi has invited us to brunch
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 1:10PM
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Racial Identity in America
APRIL 30, 2009 1:56PM
Topics: politics, race, racism, history, native americans, indians, blacks, african americans, wwii, identity, teaching, one drop policy, blood quantum, slavery, indian wars, segregation, inclusion, human rights, civil rights, reservations, civil war, education, culture
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