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Kyle Rittenhouse’s Lethal Pursuit of Happiness is Our Legacy

‘LAWFUL CONQUEROR’

His acquittal is only the latest reminder that life and liberty have always been about the protection of property.

Barrett Holmes Pitner | Published Nov 20, 2021
opinion

There’s a Long History of Reparations—for White Enslavers

‘COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION ACT”

Slave-trading nations including the United States paid off enslavers for their “loss of services” and even billed Haiti, with interest, for claiming liberté, égalité, fraternité.

Kali Holloway | Published Jul 15, 2021

UVA Redraws Logo in Reckoning With Campus’ Slavery Past

THROW IT AWAY

Two-month-old design is tossed after school acknowledges its subtle nod to walls that once hid enslaved people on Thomas Jefferson’s campus.

Brooke Leigh Howard | Published Jun 17, 2020

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AL Protesters Pull Down Confederate Statue, Ignite Jefferson

GOT TO GO

Footage shows demonstrators at George Floyd protest taking down the top part of a statue of city founder Charles Linn.

Jamie Ross | Published Jun 01, 2020

The Madness of King Donald? Thomas Jefferson Called It.

POWER GRAB

The Declaration of Independence is an uncanny warning for today. And no matter how many the outrages, the Republicans have become the King’s party.

Clive Irving | Published Nov 23, 2019
opinion

Jefferson Blasted Despotism—Trump’s Celebrating It

SMALL MAN

Among the complaints against King George in the Declaration of Independence? That he “has obstructed the administration of justice.”

Michael Tomasky | Published Jul 04, 2019
opinion

The Wolves at our Door Today Were Born in the 1970s

‘KEEP ALIVE THEIR ATTENTION’

As the working class expanded and fragmented, cultural appeals replaced economic ones and organized labor, and laborers, paid the cost.

Richard A. Greenwald | Published Jan 12, 2019

America’s Love Affair With Madeira Wine

Presidential Drinking

The fortunes of this historic beverage have gone up and down over the last several centuries.

Noah Rothbaum | Published Feb 23, 2018

The Presidential Portraits That Burned

Lost Masterpieces

When fire ravaged the Library of Congress in 1851, the cultural casualties included portraits of America’s first three presidents—Washington, Adams and Jefferson—by Gilbert Stuart.

Allison McNearney | Published Jan 12, 2018

How America’s First Jewish Commodore Saved Monticello

CHOSEN

Uriah P. Levy’s obscurity reflects the lingering impact of the anti-Semitism that dismissed his accomplishments—yet also inspired his devotion to Thomas Jefferson.

Gil Troy | Published Oct 01, 2017

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