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@BrentNYT

Delta husband. Editorial writer for The New York Times. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize. Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book for the memoir "Parallel Time."

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    Trump falsified transcript in 2018

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  2. 5 hours ago

    Bear in mind: The Democrats are a rhetorically challenged lot. Who among them brings moral and intellectual heft to an impeachment proceeding.

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    Nixon released his own transcripts of the Oval Office tapes — which turned out to be wildly misleading.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    "Black Confederates: The Civil War's Most Persistent Myth" - Timely book from The University of North Carolina Press

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    Give one thing to Britain: it hasn't stacked its Supreme Court with political hacks. Not yet, anyway.

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  6. 11 hours ago

    9:12 a.m.

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    “every story i create, creates me. i write to create myself.” — octavia butler

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  8. 11 hours ago

    Happy fall: here is the Mad Scientist’s recipe for the bestest boiled eggs

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  9. Sep 23

    The Princeton history Prof cruise has the patience of a saint

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    shortlisted for . I am thrilled!

    We're thrilled to announce the short list nominees for the 2019 . Please join us in congratulating the nominated authors: , Aaron Bobrow-Strain, , , , Terrance Hayes & Miriam Toews!
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    Sep 23

    She speaks to us across a gulf of 45 years. Listen to every word.

    The sublimely eloquent Rep. Barbara Jordan - on the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, July 25 1974
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  12. Sep 23

    The sublimely eloquent Rep. Barbara Jordan - on the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, July 25 1974

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    Happy Birthday Mary Church Terrell (September 23, 1863) "And so, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go..."

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  14. Sep 23

    I guess it’s a case of “grifters gonna grift”

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  15. Sep 23

    How difficult could it be to govern within the rule of law?

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  16. Sep 22

    Biographer, know thyself: Judith Thurman on the dedicated writing life of our late and teammate James Atlas.

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  17. Sep 22

    Read this novel - now

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  18. Sep 22

    The second coming of that other Caribbean, Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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    Sep 22

    Marking the 75th anniversary *An America Dilemma* and the launch of a platform that expands access to the research archive and increases the visibility of the “hidden figures,” who worked alongside economist Myrdal, but whose roles are lesser known.

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  20. Sep 22

    An even more toxic president: Tucker Carlson’s racism is more extreme - and more slickly packaged - than Trump’s, writes my teammate ⁦⁩.

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