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Let's fly a different flag.
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Hamilton and slavery: Despised it. Was willing to overlook it.
His relationships with George Washington and other slaveholders mattered more — though he did conceive of a multiracial future.
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U.S. economy right now: Top of the parabola?
The bounce looks like a classic false rebound, but let's hope this time can be different — and that everybody tries to help.
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This July 4th calls for national soul-searching
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Supreme Court keeps making up abortion law
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