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Conservative who once backed her district’s Republican lawmaker now working to get him recalled
In October 2022, Katrina Nelson of Westport, Oregon, wrote in a letter to the Astorian newspaper that she was voting for ...
Ken Burns on how the American Revolution "turned the world upside down"
Ken Burns on why the American Revolution was a "big deal in world history" 01:45. The American Revolution was one of the most ...
A revolutionary reimagining of American identity for the Fourth of July
Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...
Fighting back is America's great tradition
On Independence Day, we celebrate our willingness to to push this nation toward liberty and justice for all — not just the ...
To prepare for America’s 250th, go back and read the Declaration of Independence
What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...
Trump Is Waging War on His Own Citizens
His politicization of the name America taps into a long, well, American tradition, as old as the nation itself.
Can Ken Burns Get Everyone to Agree on America’s Origin Story?
American history is more polarizing than ever. But the country’s leading storyteller hopes to prove there’s still an appetite ...
This Is the Birthright Reckoning That America Needs
Unrestricted birthright citizenship — the characteristically New World notion that being born on a country’s soil is enough ...
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Inside the mind of an American family
By Philippa TracyHidden Valley Road is the story of an American family striving for the American dream. There are 12 children: two girls and 10 boys, six diagnosed with schizophrenia, one of the first ...