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Having previously disregarded historiography, Silverstein now falsifies it—and admits to privileging “narrative” over “actual fact.”

Reading school books that ignored or falsified Black history, many Black Alabamians relied on family and friends for history lessons.

Reading school books that ignored or falsified Black history, many Black Alabamians relied on family and friends for history lessons.

A conversation with Adam Serwer about the ideological roots of Trumpism, the failures of the Reconstruction era, and his new book, The Cruelty Is the Point.

Listen kids: There was a Civil War, the North won, Lincoln was shot, there was an impeachment and a messy election; now let's talk about the Progressive Era and Teddy Roosevelt. And by the way, the railroads got built, too. There's a lot to cover here as it is. Let's keep it safe. As a product of Florida public schools, I was taught that slavery was a sideshow in the road to the Civil War. What mattered was states' rights and tariffs, as though people would enthusiastically kill each other over tariffs and the proper calibration between national and state governmental powers. And that the abo...