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Jill Lepore

Two people look at a museum displaying showing a history of Donald Trump's tweets

Historian: Technology and politics has always been dysfunctional in the US

Technology

Technology has the power to unite — and divide — us. We look back at what history has to say about tech’s long, complicated and troubled relationship with politics.

Transparency, Secrecy and Freedom: The History of Privacy and Democracy

Negative Campaigns and Big Money: Election Season in the Ancient World

Jill Lepore on the End of It All

The World

Examining the Tea Party’s divine claim to nation’s founding

Global Politics
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