If Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on this country, then we have no excuse.
America 250
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These Are Our Prospect Patriots
In the nation’s 250th year, we turn an eye to Americans who challenged power, took risks, and made our country greater.
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Thomas Paine: The Consistent Revolutionary
Thomas Paine’s lifelong battle for freedom
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Who Is Running America’s 250th Anniversary?
The private-private partnership behind the semiquincentennial celebrations.
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What Broke Monticello
How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.
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How Liberals and Progressives Should Celebrate America’s 250th
Let’s remember what was revolutionary about the American Revolution.
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Ultimate Fighting Beyond the South Lawn
President Trump is helping Dana White implant UFC in the cultural mainstream with a fight night at the White House. But MMA athletes say they’ve been shortchanged.
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Following the Money on Sean Duffy’s Road Trip
Nearly a dozen companies that sponsored Duffy’s personal travel have significant business before his agency.
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Whitening American History
Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.