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A publication examining the Reconstruction era of the 1860s-1870s as a model for progressive and transformative change in today's politics through philosophy, history, and the law.

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Big idea for the Next Democratic Presidential Candidate: Describe Yourself as a Reconstructionist

Although my twin obsessions right now are monitoring the political winds in New York State (go Mamdani!) and Washington, D.C. (go Janeese Lewis George!), I was actually born in St. Louis, Missouri, and I believe this state can help explain...

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To Save America, We Need to Amend the Constitution

Hand-colored halftone of an illustration of the Joint House and Senate Reconstruction Committee creating the 14th Amendment under Chairman William Fessenden. (North Wind Pictures Archives / Alamy)

In December of 1865, the U.S. Congress for...

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Freedom-With: We’ve Been Doing Freedom Wrong for Nearly 250 Years

Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze

As America prepares to celebrate 250 years of freedom and independence, we must confront an uncomfortable truth—one that is far deeper than frustrations with the Trump administration: We h...

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A Dialogue with Claude AI That Reconstructs Western Philosophy

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave

The other day I had a profound and surprisingly emotional conversation with Claude that might completely upend our understanding of western philosophy dating back to Plato and also cause people to reexamine the...

4 months ago
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The Crisis of Defining White Culture

Jeremy Carl is President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for international organizations. Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images file

Jeremy Carl’s stuttering defense of white culture during his Sen...

6 months ago
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