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CommentThe Fourteenth Amendment's Ambiguous Section Three
Scholars and pundits are suddenly interested in the section disqualifying insurrectionists from offices. But text and history don't offer clear answers.Law & Liberty -
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Book ReviewThe Bleak, All But-Forgotten World of Segregated Virginia
Former Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust’s extraordinary memoir recalls painful memories for her--and me.Washington Monthly -
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Smithsonian Targeted D.C.’s Vulnerable to Build Brain Collection
The Smithsonian museum’s collection of human remains contains dozens of brains from vulnerable Washington, D.C., residents, many taken without consent.Washington Post -
Journal ArticleThe Post-Civil War Opioid Crisis
Many servicemen became addicted to opioids prescribed during the war. Society viewed their dependency as a lack of manliness.JSTOR Daily -
exhibit1973, 50 Years Later
A look back at what in retrospect appears to have been an especially consequential year.
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