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History/Archives Editor at . Also sometimes covering non-historical news. (RT ≠ endorse, views my own, etc.)

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Joined March 2009

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  1. I love that Austria’s word of the year is so long that this headline about it just gets cut off in the middle

  2. Please read this powerful piece on Hillary Clinton as runner-up for TIME's Person of the Year

  3. Wearing white to vote got a lot of notice but purple was also a color of suffrage. It represents loyalty to a cause

  4. Fascinating story from : Meet the Pioneers of President Obama’s Clemency Campaign

  5. ...especially bc it seems like options these days are (a) agree to mandatory arbitration on everything or (b) don't engage with the world

  6. So fascinating: and on sexual harassment claims and mandatory arbitration clauses

  7. More on Trump's 1987 open letter on the world laughing at the U.S.:

  8. This brave piece by the wonderful is moving and important.

  9. Time (haha) for one of my fave tidbits in the archives: 1941 explanation of why leaves change color, in verse

  10. Missing my family but so enjoying watching y'all with Suzie and the kids, my family family

  11. This video from the Georgetown working group on slavery makes a great case for history as part of the news

  12. The lesson that Boris Johnson took from 'Jaws'—as related in interview—is amazing

  13. This by on Brexit is so smart.

  14. This was pretty epic to work on. Congrats to for making it happen!

  15. The 'Moments That Changed America' list is always a highlight to edit: fascinating suggestions from 25 experts

  16. When 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' opened in Prague in 1964 it was called 'Who's Afraid of Franz Kafka?'

  17. Wow. and on just how many guns are in America via

  18. George Plimpton on Ali in a 1999 issue of : "His head, eyes wide, seemed to float above the action"

  19. Guess what Google has declared the most commonly misspelled word in Massachusetts? (Yes, it is "Massachusetts.")

  20. This story how Napa Valley first stepped up to French wine is robust and oaky with a smooth mouthfeel

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