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CultureNovember 25, 2009

Can Johnny and Sally Handle the Truth About Thanksgiving?

By Jonathan L. Walton

Maybe it’s time to stop framing European conquest as dinner party between Pilgrims and Indians.

Archive**, CultureJune 17, 2009

Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem with Popularization

By Kathryn Lofton

While the history of popularization is a history of regular folk learning about other regular revolutionizing folk and imitating them, comic book histories like The Wordy Shipmates do their part in ensuring that the next generation knows more about Beyoncé than Byzantium.

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- 19 hours ago

"Authoritarians and fascists don’t have a majority in the U.S., but with the Big Lie, conservatives have found a myth, a stab-in-the-back-myth, which serves directly as a tool of demonization and mobilization," writes @ardenthistorian: https://t.co/jy3zkvX2vb

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- 1 day ago

"In order for the center-left to attract the soft right to join its movement, discussion about the Occupation must be muted, or excluded,"writes Shaul Magid. "In a sense, the Occupation is essentially sacrificed for the larger cause of Jewish democracy." https://t.co/KcYJGvgq2s

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- 2 days ago

Watch the full CNN segment here to see @C_Stroop explain the intent behind the "inclusive" sounding ad campaign in the long run: https://t.co/2uV3pMNMmV

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