Adeline Von Drehle

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  • Sep 7, 2024
    By the time Election Day rolls around, Americans have been inundated by polls. For months leading up to November, those of us who follow campaigns closely watch the numbers creep up...
  • Aug 21, 2024
    On Monday night, the Democratic Party honored Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow/PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) coalition, as its newly anointed leading lady, Kamala...
  • Jun 28, 2024
    When Hillary Clinton received nearly 3 million more votes than Donald Trump in 2016, many Americans wondered how on earth Trump managed to get into the Oval Office. Of course, they...
  • Jun 18, 2024
    Under Stalin, the Gulag system saw millions imprisoned, from true criminals to civilians who criticized the state. After Stalin's death, prisoners thought freedom was a possibility....
  • Jun 7, 2024
    International law is on the mind as the United States House of Representatives passed a bill to sanction the ICC prosecutor and other ICC officials who applied to...
  • Jun 4, 2024
    The Biden campaign is looking for a meme manager. We laugh, because it’s outrageous. Yet even a candidate older than the computer itself understands that a changing...
  • May 8, 2024
    On Feb. 10, 1355, students at the world’s oldest university were celebrating the feast day of Saint Scholastica in Oxford, England. Several scholars were drinking at...