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1968 Columbia Protest Leader Mark Rudd: These Kids Are ‘Smarter’
Mark Rudd says a lot has changed in half a century, but not the reason college kids paralyze a campus.The Daily Beast -
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How the Arrival of Iodized Salt 100 Years Ago Changed America
On May 1, 1924, the first iodized salt appeared on shelves, quickly solving an iodine deficiency crisis that plagued the northern U.S. “goiter belt.”Retropolis -
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The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System
How a little-known, century-old law perpetuated the odious notion that certain types of immigrants degrade our nation’s character.The New Republic -
Book Review
Ecstasy’s Odyssey
When the creator of MDMA first experimented with the drug, he felt a mellow sensation that he compared to "a low-calorie martini."New York Review of Books -
Comment
Anatomy of a Moral Panic
The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern.Jewish Currents -
Book Review
Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It?
New books examine the place of work in our lives—and how people throughout history have tried to change it.The New Yorker -
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1968 @50
A year of turmoil at home and abroad.
From the HNN Archive
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The Leaders of Tomorrow
What happened in 1970 after Richard Nixon was told, “I doubt that there would be any problem of student demonstrations in Tennessee.” -
Why Does American History Feel Like Ancient History to High School Students?
An argument for returning the recent past, and the history of modern conservatism, to classrooms. -
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
On the long tradition of Black third-party activism.