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Thomas Jefferson
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.
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.
UVA Redraws Logo in Reckoning With Campus’ Slavery Past
THROW IT AWAYTwo-month-old design is tossed after school acknowledges its subtle nod to walls that once hid enslaved people on Thomas Jefferson’s campus.
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AL Protesters Pull Down Confederate Statue, Ignite Jefferson
GOT TO GOFootage shows demonstrators at George Floyd protest taking down the top part of a statue of city founder Charles Linn.
The Madness of King Donald? Thomas Jefferson Called It.
POWER GRABThe Declaration of Independence is an uncanny warning for today. And no matter how many the outrages, the Republicans have become the King’s party.
Jefferson Blasted Despotism—Trump’s Celebrating It
SMALL MANAmong the complaints against King George in the Declaration of Independence? That he “has obstructed the administration of justice.”
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.
America’s Love Affair With Madeira Wine
Presidential DrinkingThe fortunes of this historic beverage have gone up and down over the last several centuries.
The Presidential Portraits That Burned
Lost MasterpiecesWhen 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.
How America’s First Jewish Commodore Saved Monticello
CHOSENUriah P. Levy’s obscurity reflects the lingering impact of the anti-Semitism that dismissed his accomplishments—yet also inspired his devotion to Thomas Jefferson.