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A statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis lies on the street after protesters pulled it down in Richmond, Virginia, on June 10, 2020. (PARKER MICHELS-BOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert on "sorry history" behind MAGA

Charles R. Davis
A collage of various Confederate and Soviet "memorabilia," including a bust of Vladimir Lenin, a statue of Robert E. Lee, and various postage stamps. (Illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Toxic nostalgia: MAGA's Russia syndrome

Dzmitry Halko
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin presents President Trump with a bowl of clover during a St. Patrick’s Day event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Trump loves the Irish: Um, great news!

Andrew O'Hehir
A 17th-century view of "New Amsterdam," before the British takeover that turned it into New York. (Courtesy of W.W. Norton)

America's fatal division: Not new

Russell Shorto
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Augustus Caesar in a MAGA red hat (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump: More like Hitler or Augustus?

Jim Sleeper
A burned building on Sunset Boulevard during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Photo by (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

A history of California's fire struggles

James Thornton Harris
First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump, Jan. 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images)

We wanted it darker, apparently

Andrew O'Hehir
U.S. President Donald Trump inspects the troops during a full honors welcome ceremony on the parade grounds at the Pentagon, on July 25, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Under Trump, military faces a crisis

Gregory D. Foster
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King of the Bean is a mock royal celebration during the time of Epiphany, a traditional Christian celebration. Illustration published 1863. (Getty Images/Christine_Kohler)

The real medieval 12 Days of Christmas

Nicholas Liu
US Vice President Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves at supporters after delivering her concession speech at Howard University in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Why she lost — and what we do now

Paul Rosenberg
The lidar-equipped helicopter used by GEO1 to map Colombia's Ciudad Perdida (Courtesy of NV5)

Lasers in the sky are rewriting history

Matthew Rozsa
Leaving the USA to burn (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Goodbye to all that — one last time

Mike Lofgren
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Thomas Jefferson (Photo illustration by Salon/VCG Wilson/Corbis/Getty Images/HappyFoto)

How Black liberals fought a "dark age"

Paul Rosenberg
Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, George W, Bush and Barack Obama (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump and the imperial presidency

Karen J. Greenberg - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump and Irish unionist politician Sir Edward Carson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How democracy nearly collapsed — in 1914

Andrew O'Hehir
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump smiles at the crowd during the National Guard Association of the United States' 146th General Conference & Exhibition at Huntington Place Convention Center on August 26, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan. (Emily Elconin/Getty Images)

Trump as "protector": It's an old story

Jacqueline Beatty
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, pumps his fist as he finishes speaking at a campaign rally at the Ed Fry Arena September 23, 2024 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The origins of Trump's "genes" obsession

Joel Edward Goza
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Racist disinformation is nothing new

Joe Hayden
June 1948: Members of the Texas Border Patrol guarding illegal Mexican immigrants captured close to the Mexican border. (Harry Pennington/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

What would "mass deportation" look like?

Russell Payne
Senator Burton K. Wheeler (1882-1975, left) and Charles Lindbergh (1902-1974) pledge allegiance to the American flag at an America First Committee (AFC) rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, 23rd May 1941. (Getty Images/Bettmann)

Are we whitewashing actual Nazis now?

Mike Lofgren
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World and money burning (Getty Images/dimdimich)

Climate change could end America's power

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
Dana Bash (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dana Bash: How I handle Trump insults

Dean Obeidallah
Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. | U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Skin-color racism: A short history

Mohammad Ali Salih
Donald Trump, Joe Biden and the Abraham Lincoln Memorial (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Donald Trump, Honest Abe and Joe Biden

Kirk Swearingen
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