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Comment
The Truth About the Comstock Act
The anti-obscenity law is unenforceable and probably unconstitutional. Conservatives still want to use it to ban medication abortions.The American Prospect -
Book Review
The Dam and the Bomb
On Cormac McCarthy.n+1 -
Explainer
Capitalism and (Under)Development in the American South
In the American South, an oligarchy of planters enriched itself through slavery. Pervasive underdevelopment is their legacy.Aeon -
Origin Story
How Big Rats Took Over North America
Rat bones collected from centuries-old shipwrecks tell a story of ecological competition and swift victory.Popular Science -
Book Excerpt
The Club of Cape-Wearing Activists Who Helped Elect Lincoln—and Spark the Civil War
The untold story of the Wide Awakes, the young Americans who took up the torch for their antislavery cause and stirred the nation.Smithsonian -
Retrieval
Marvin’s Last Protest
In 1968 Gaye shifted his musical vision to give voice to impoverished Black urban communities and the rising dissent against involvement in the Vietnam War.Medium -
exhibit
American Environmentalisms
Tracing the many forms that environmentalism has taken in the U.S., from transcendentalism and conservationism to the 20th century push for regulation to today's climate justice movement.