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The Third Citizen is an independent publication exploring the intersection of politics, culture, and society through sharp analysis, thought-provoking commentary, and unconventional perspectives.

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Every Punishment Has a Viewing Room

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Two hundred and thirty-two chairs

On June 11, 2001, Timothy McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terr...

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The Guillotine Test: What Secrecy and Spectacle Both Admit About the Death Penalty

Christa Pike survived two rounds of pentobarbital behind a redacted protocol. An English jurist’s argument from 1863 explains why hiding an execution and broadcasting one make the same confession.

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Camus’s Warning: A State That Hides Its Executions Has Already Testified Against Them

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A picnic by the river

It is early morning on August 14, 1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky. The crowd has been gathering since the night before. Accordin...

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The Lippmann Audit: Seven Tests for a News Diet Built on Stereotypes

Trust in news is at a record low, but the real problem is older than the platforms. Here is how to find out whether the pictures in your head are yours.

The threat is not that you are misinformed

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The Pictures in Our Heads: Why 37% Trust Is Not the Disease

The lowest news trust ever recorded is being read as an injury to journalism. Walter Lippmann showed in 1922 that the number was always measuring something else.

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