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Laura Brunts

White America Reacts

Articles from the turn of the 20th century onwards show that the breakdown of racial hegemony in America has been a slow, challenging process… More »

Ghana: Africa's Rising Star

A peaceful and well-conducted national election bodes well for democracy in Ghana and the rest of Africa… More »

The Great Depression

Atlantic articles from the 1930s reveal how Americans reinvented banking, restructured the economy, and dealt with challenges unsettlingly parallel to those of today.… More »

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The Civil War National Portrait Gallery The Civil War
A 150th-anniversary commemorative issue, with Atlantic work by Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, and others. Read more ›
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