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    History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

    APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 10657 Views
    • 49 Comments
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    A Very Impersonal Thing: Ron Paul's Polite White Racism

    JANUARY 25, 2012 1:28PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: ron paul, libertarianism, politics, republican party, race, civil rights, civil war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 1244 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Finding My Great Great Grandmother

    JULY 8, 2011 7:19PM

    By Robert Steibel


    Topics: geneology, history, photography, technology, civil war, tintype, family

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    • 11 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Today in History: The Death of John Jefferson Williams

    MAY 13, 2011 8:42AM

    By Procopius


    Topics: palmito ranch, history, civil war

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 1330 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    My Civil War Memories

    APRIL 13, 2011 10:57AM

    By Barbara Weicksel


    Topics: family, news, politics, civil war, gettysburg, re-enactment, union, confederate, memories

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    • 8 Ratings
    • 757 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Will Virginia Stay in the Union?

    APRIL 12, 2011 9:58PM

    By Lainey


    Topics: anniversary of the civil war, civil war, slavery, critical thinking, racism, the south, education, expert

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    • 34 Ratings
    • 4337 Views
    • 45 Comments
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    Sweet Secrets, Ancestral Whispers

    APRIL 10, 2011 1:15PM

    By Keka


    Topics: early american history, british, muscogee, creek, native american history, black history, mississippi history, alabama history, south, confederate, civil war, slavery, african americans, african american history, ancestry, genealogy, virginia, virginia history

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1063 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Civil War Comes Calling in Ivory Coast

    MARCH 30, 2011 11:43AM

    By Carol Spindel


    Topics: cote d'ivoire, ivory coast elections, ivory coast crisis, big news, expert opinion, carol spindel, ivory coast, elections, big story, civil war, libya, quaddafi

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    • 29 Ratings
    • 1572 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    In a Confederate Graveyard

    JUNE 28, 2010 11:01AM

    By Kathy Riordan


    Topics: photos of america, open call, roadie, reverence, war dead, lt. gen. nathan bedford forrest, forrest farewell address to cavalry, 14th indiana regiment, 24th tennessee regiment, union army, confederate army, soldiers, division, dissent, obama mcchrystal, mcchrystal rolling stone, general mcchrystal, photography, history, travel, off the beaten path, civil war, confederate graveyard, beech grove tennessee, beech grove confederate cemetery

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    • 30 Ratings
    • 5686 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Secessionist Fantasies in Bloom

    APRIL 15, 2010 8:30AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: michael c. dorf, fred morrison professor of law, secession, virginia governor bob mcdonnell, minnesota politicscelebration of the confederacy, sovereignty of states, states rights, article vii, article iv, party of lincoln flirts with a house-divided resolution, lori sturdevant, minneapolis star tribune, dallas morning news, minnesota republican party, resolution of secession, emily conley, governor rick perry, texas v. white, articles of confederation, south carolina monument to the ordinance of secession, slavery, civil war, tea party, mayor keith summey, magical thinking, politics, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2486 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Getting Beyond the Johnny Reb Jihad

    APRIL 14, 2010 9:50AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: lost cause, gettysburg, interpretation, history, terrorism, roland martin, bob mcdonnell, confederate history month, civil war

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    • 6 Ratings
    • 758 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Apology Issued for Slavery Omission in Civil War History

    APRIL 7, 2010 10:43PM

    By Kim Hartman


    Topics: news, television, travel, politics, open call, belief/religion, slaves, racism, hmmm, celebrateme, kim_hartman, history, civil war, virginia, slavery

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 3771 Views
    • 72 Comments
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    the amalgam of need

    JANUARY 18, 2010 8:43AM

    By bbd


    Topics: guatemala, chajul, nebaj, cotzal, san gaspar chajul, mayan, mayans, photos, photography, medicine, metal, fillings, prejudice, civil war, hatred, love

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    • 24 Ratings
    • 1993 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    There is a bomb, or Gadhafi has invited us to brunch

    SEPTEMBER 23, 2009 1:10PM

    By "Hello," she lied


    Topics: price of a suit at barneys, jet lag, hitler, patrice lamumba, andy kaufman, united nations, vietnam, panema, jack ruby, security council, lee harvey oswald, jews, jennifer aniston, bin laden, the taliban, the vatican, disease, kids these days, traffic, famine, imperialism, civil war, pakistan, the death of disco, india, china, iraq, afghanistan, french food, the green movement, air travel, the emmys, world wars i and ii, american idol, darfur

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 4179 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Racial Identity in America

    APRIL 30, 2009 1:56PM

    By Noahvose


    Topics: politics, race, racism, history, native americans, indians, blacks, african americans, wwii, identity, teaching, one drop policy, blood quantum, slavery, indian wars, segregation, inclusion, human rights, civil rights, reservations, civil war, education, culture

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    • 5 Ratings
    • 1013 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Mirror Images - Houston and Lincoln

    OCTOBER 20, 2008 8:47AM

    By Sgt. Mom


    Topics: sam houston, abraham lincoln, civil war, texas, secession

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