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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The American Cycle: Part 2 (1896-present)
This essay is part 2 of a two part series and you can read part 1 here.
Phase 2 of the American Cycle has always been far more controversial than Phase 1.
The American Cycle from 1776 to 1896 is pretty obvious and not controversial. It is...
The American Cycle: Part 1 (1776-1896)
You can read part 2 here
I have been thinking about the American Cycle since 2016 when I noticed that the end of Barack Obama’s presidency mirrored the end of Reconstruction, and over the next decade the American Cycle has become an integr...
Why I’m a Reconstructionist
Photo from our October 2025 Reconstructionist Salon — Lauren Varino is second from the right. From left to right: Barrett Holmes Pitner, Sofia Alva, Jacob Arias, Carly Besselman-Goldes, Arabella Freeman
I am a Reconstructionist.
I believ...
What Barack Obama and Barrett Holmes Pitner are telling us about being Reconstructionists
This photo has been digitally altered using AI with the addition of an “I’m a Reconstructionist” button for dramatic effect. Original photo credit for Obama image: 2025/2026 Higher Ground Productions/Eli Turner
Let’s talk about how cool it...
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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Founder & Philosopher-in-Chief of The Sustainable Culture Lab, and author of The Crime Without a Name: Ethnocide and the Erasure of Culture in America
21 year old Journalism student at GW, born and raised in New York.
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