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Time Machine

Thoughts and research on the history of democracy and political representation in the US, with all of its great advances and tragic episodes.
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The Animal Spirits of Democracy: Prague’s Martyrs and Modernity
Democracy has been a long battle of contested terrain, and nowhere more so than the capital city of the Czech Republic. Two steps forward, one step…
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Steven Hill
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were feminists – NOT!
Celebrating International Women’s Day (and Black History Month too)
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Steven Hill
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James Baldwin vs. William F. Buckley: the debate of the century between Black and White
On February 18, 1965, Baldwin’s moral authority made a fool of the disingenuous Buckley’s patrician racism
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Steven Hill
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TimeMachine: The time Susan B. Anthony was arrested -- for voting
Women’s rights have always been contested terrain in Taliban America; but courageous women took on the patriarchy and won
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Steven Hill
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What if Congress was elected by proportional representation?
Illuminating lessons from Illinois’ 110-year history with cumulative voting -- more bipartisanship, less polarization, more voter choice, better…
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Steven Hill
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Keep History Alive: Protecting the 57 Year Legacy of the Voting Rights Act
We must never forget: America's soul was forged in a heroic fight for the right to vote for all Americans
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Alissa Bombardier Shaw
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Women’s rights yesterday, today and tomorrow
July 19-20 marks the 174th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights gathering in the US
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Alissa Bombardier Shaw
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