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States’ Rights to Racism: The Existential Fight to Enshrine Civil Rights in the Constitution

“Historical Fanfiction.” The Deceptive, Dangerous Simplicity of Originalism in American Politics

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David Fleming: Did Thomas Jefferson Steal the Words of the Declaration of Independence from Irish and Scottish Migrants to North Carolina?

Michael Walzer on What Progressives Can Learn From Liberal Nationalists Like Thomas Jefferson and Giuseppe Mazzini

How Thomas Jefferson’s Writing Established the Stories of Colonial America

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On the Black Descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Uncovering the Origins of Family Lore

On the Difficulty of Remaining Anonymous When You’re the First President of the United States

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On Thomas Jefferson and the Little-Known Presence of Enslaved Muslims in the US

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The Long History of White Nationalism in America

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