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From Border Ruffian to Florida Man: The Evolution of Voter Fraud in American History

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Voter fraud is on everybody’s Twitter feed these days. While most everyone concedes that in person voting fraud […]

Steven Lubet December 4, 2020 elections, law, legal history, politics

When The President Laughs At Genocide

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On May 17, 1838, the United States Army and local state militia initiated the forced removal that would […]

Michael E. Carter February 11, 2019 Donald Trump, human rights, Native American history, politics

The Meme That Cried Hitler: American Alternatives to Hitler Hyperbole in the Age of Trump

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At numerous times over the past three years, ever since Donald Trump announced his unlikely candidacy for the […]

erikgreenberg August 14, 2018 conservatism, Donald Trump, Germany, Nazism, politics, race, radical politics

Frontier Domesticity

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In a July 10, 2017 entry on her website, The Pioneer Woman—popular television cooking personality Ree Drummond—describes a […]

Guest September 13, 2017 agriculture, American Studies, architecture, gender, whiteness, women's history

Bacon’s Rebellion, Donald Trump, and American Populism

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Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 took place long before Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House, but if we […]

Roger Chapman December 6, 2016 Britain, conservatism, conspiracy theory, Donald Trump, inequality, more conservatism, nationalism, Native American history, politics, radical politics

What Did the Three-Fifths Compromise Actually Do?

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Occasionally, a student asks a question so basic, about a presumption so fundamental to the teaching of history, […]

Alex Sayf Cummings April 17, 2015 historiography, race, teaching

How Do Different States Allocate Their Electoral Votes?

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It’s a bit off-season to be discussing the electoral college, but last fall I made some notes on […]

Cherie Braden September 16, 2013 American Studies, elections, politics

Helms, Zoots, Legos, Dinkins, Valley Girls, & Lebowski: ToM Contributors Around the Web

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Tropics of Meta contributors do not only spend their nights toiling at WordPress and waiting by the phone […]

Guest July 12, 2013 copyright, film, gender, immigration, intellectual property, leisure, music, race, retail, transportation
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