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Russia-Ukraine: five lessons from the 19th-century Crimean war

A century and a half ago, Russia lost a war it might have expected to win. The consequences reached far and wide

The Guardian - US

Liz Cheney is the leader of the anti-Trump Republican resistance – where does it go now?

The January 6 co-chair has been anointed the valiant leader of the Never Trump movement. But does that make her a general without an army?

The Guardian - US

Chicago task force recommends removal of monuments, including Christopher Columbus statues, and the addition of others. Now what?

CHICAGO — Two years ago, as the city of Chicago reeled from a bloody battle between police officers and protesters over a prominent statue of Christopher Columbus, Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched an ambitious review of public monuments she said would be “a racial healing and historical reckoning project.”

Chicago Tribune

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Liz Cheney releases call to Trump-backed opponent who said she didn’t concede

Cheney releases recording of her call to Harriet Hageman, conceding her loss in the Wyoming US House primary on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

Liz Cheney was purged by the cult of Trumpism. Who is next?

There’s only one purge the country really needs, and that is one that goes all the way to Mar-a-Lago

The Guardian - US

Cheney defeated in Wyoming primary, looks forward

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney will be looking for her next act in public life after being rejected by the Cowboy State’s Republican voters Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Liz Cheney plans to go national, "thinking about" 2024 presidential run

"[O]ur work is far from over," Cheney said Tuesday night.

Axios

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Cheney hints at White House run by invoking presidents Lincoln and Grant in her concession speech

Cheney says Abraham Lincoln lost Senate and House elections before becoming president

The Independent UK

‘Girl, BYE!’ How a divided Republican Party reacted to Liz Cheney’s crushing primary defeat

Dissident Republican denied party’s nomination for Congress after feeling the wrath of Trump

The Independent UK

Cheney defeated in Wyoming primary, looks forward - Roll Call

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney will be looking for her next act in public life after being rejected by the Cowboy State’s Republican voters Tuesday. And regardless of whether there’s another run for elected office, Cheney seems sure to be driven by her crusade to keep former President Donald Trump far away…

Roll Call

Lincoln's midterms: The lessons of 1862

At the worst moment of division and carnage in American history, we still had midterm elections to get through

Salon

Commentary: California’s never-ending secessionist movement — and its grim ties to slavery in the state

Here we go again. Another county — this time San Bernardino — is threatening to break away from California to form its own state. Petitions and plots of this sort pop up almost annually but then invariably fizzle. Yet however quixotic state division may seem, it has a much deeper,…

Los Angeles Times

Views on Capitol riot not only objectionable perspective of conservatives

Attorney John J. Hamill argues in a recent op-ed that besides defending the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, everything else can be accepted as legitimate disagreement. Is white supremacy in the “wrong” category or is it an “honest difference of opinion?”

Chicago Sun-Times

Frederick Douglass gets the Hamilton treatment with new musical

American Prophet, focusing on the abolitionist, orator and polymath, is the latest marker of a Douglass renaissance in popular culture

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Syllabus Ka Khiladi

Here are a few glaring omissions in not just our history and science books, but also in our geography and recipe books, so that future generations of the world’s most populous country are educated right

Foreign Affairs

Why the Human Rights Movement Is Losing

And How It Can Start Winning Again

Salon

Jan. 6 hearings: National civics lesson

What we heard from Jamie Raskin and Jason Van Tatenhove this week was crucial public education. Will it be enough?

The Conversation

The Supreme Court's ideological rulings are roiling US politics – just like when Lincoln and his Republicans remade the court to fit their agenda

Political conflict over the Supreme Court’s direction is raging in the aftermath of two sweeping rulings in the court’s most recent term, one which expanded individual gun rights and the other which removed constitutional protection for abortion. Those rulings were the product of a conservative majority made more muscular and…

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Salon

How Biden is like the founding fathers

Biden has great ideas but can't implement them due to political stalemate — just like Washington and Jefferson

The Independent UK

The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’

“All men are created equal.”

Tribune News Service

Editorial: High voter turnout is a symptom of polarization, not a cure

Conventional wisdom holds that America’s democratic norms are withering. It also asserts that high voter turnout signifies a healthy democracy. So does a record high voter turnout for this May’s midterm primary election mean American democracy is in better shape than it seems?

Benzinga

The 10 Weirdest Milestones In LGBTQ History

June is Pride Month for the LGBTQ community, and this observance encompasses both a poignant look back at the very long and often tumultuous struggle for full civil rights and a jubilant consideration of current victories and future goals in the fight for equality.

The Hindu

Tea with benefits: Lessons from the Royal Family

Our politicians can learn from the British Royal Family how to gather public goodwill by giving themselves a cuddly makeover

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Texas GOP platform betrays historical Texan and Republican values

Texas is a fine state populated with many great people who do interesting and important things, most visibly in science, technology, energy and agriculture. Texans traditionally place a high value on individual autonomy and liberty.

WEKU

Four enduring myths about Juneteenth are not based on facts

As the U.S. celebrates the second federal holiday honoring Juneteenth, several myths persist about the origins and history about what happened when enslaved people were emancipated in Texas.

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