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The Political Supreme Court
Today’s Supreme Court justices bristle at the label “politicians in robes,” insisting that they operate above the fray of partisan politics. But for the first century of the nation’s history,...
“I immediately devoured this book.”—David Byrne
Stray Dog in the Milky Way
Brazilian musician Tom Zé is one of the most inventive artists of the past century. His transformative music and poetic lyricism received critical acclaim in Brazil’s Tropicália, a countercultural...
New from the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Benjamin Quarles's The Negro in the American Revolution
Originally published in 1961, Benjamin Quarles’s The Negro in the American Revolution remains one of the most comprehensive histories of the presence and politics of Black people in the colonies and...
The hidden Black history of Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
The hallowed ground of Arlington National Cemetery bears witness to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect the nation’s ideals of freedom and justice for all. But, as William A. Blair reveals,...
