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The Trump Assassination Attempts and the Duels of Andrew Jackson
How Southern Honor Culture Creates a Politics of Violence
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Sofia Alva
Finally Winning a Debate Against the Clown-in-Chief
Looking Back on Last Week's Debate
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Barrett Holmes Pitner
In America, School Shootings are as ‘Natural’ as the Weather. We Can't Live Like This.
People cannot prevent natural occurrences, and can only react and respond to their inevitable arrival. Gun violence and terror have always been a…
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Barrett Holmes Pitner
Seven Generations of Friendship & American Democracy
Hello Reconstructionists,
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Barrett Holmes Pitner
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The Culture, Politics, and Significance of Laughter
The profound cultural distinction between "laughing with" and "laughing at."
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Barrett Holmes Pitner

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Reconstructionism & the Democracy to Come
When you receive our newsletters, you will see the phrase “the Democracy to Come” right below the banner.
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Barrett Holmes Pitner
Reconstructionism: Rediscovering the Philosophy of Reconstruction
In 1891, more than 25 years after the conclusion of the Civil War, Missouri Senator George Graham Vest, a former congressman for the Confederacy and…
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Noah Woods
The Fifteenth Amendment Personified
As Mississippi's first Black Senator, Hiram Revels represented the new freedoms of Reconstruction.
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Jamie Redmond
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