A new exhibition at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library explores the president’s “mixed” record on civil rights — and the charged debate over racism in the New Deal.
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Hubert Humphrey’s Democratic Convention Speech Resonates Today
The convention was a battle between the forces of inclusive, expansive democracy and those espousing a narrower, hostile concept of who fully belonged to America.
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The Inflation Reduction Act Will Allow an Asset Manager Takeover of Our Infrastructure
The I.R.A. will spur the takeover of our infrastructure by private entities, particularly large global asset managers, with likely negative consequences.
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Rockwells Long at White House Are Now at the Heart of a Family Dispute
Relatives of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s press secretary are feuding over ownership of illustrations by Norman Rockwell that once hung in a hallway near the Oval Office.
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Biden Can Still Get Things Done. Achieving National Unity Isn’t One of Them.
Demands for unity actually tear us apart.