Slavery Abolition

Culture is the product of man's care and praise.  Culture, from the Latin word cultus, means care and praise.  What one cares about is ultimately what one praises.  To care for and praise something presupposes something to scorn and mock.  That which one does…

Republicans have a go-to line when it comes to deflecting charges of racism: Were the party of Lincoln! For instance, after President Trump spewed divisive, racist rhetoric toward Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Ra…

Nicole Hemmer is the author of "Messengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics." She hosts the history podcast "Past Present" and created the podcast "A12." The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of th…

Theres nobody in American movies who can turn a phrase quite like Quentin Tarantino. And with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood hitting theaters this week, the canon of great Tarantino one-liners is about to get an update. While Tarantinos certainly got a one-ma…

The Claremont Institute has had many Lincoln and Publius fellows over the years. I can remember Andrew Breitbart being part of these one- or two-week educational programs, along with Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, and Sen. Tom Cotton, to name just a few. These …

A not very successful 1969 film called “The Magic Christian” satirized the power of money to corrupt by imagining a crazy millionaire (played by Peter Sellers) who manipulates ordinary people to prove his point that everyone has their price. The 2020 Democra…

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg warned on Saturday that white supremacy almost led to the downfall of the United States in the past and could potentially do so again in the future. White supremacy "is the only issue that almost ended this co…

A facsimile of a ticket used during the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. The Open Mind explores the world of ideas across politics, media, science, technology, and the arts. The American Prospect is re-publishing this conversation. Thaddeus Stevens, Cha…

The U.S. government was on the wrong side of history when they reneged their promise of “40 acres and a mule” to formerly enslaved Black Americans in 1865. Exactly 154 years later, let’s pass H.R. 40, the bill for a commission to study reparations, and get it…

Diana Butler Bass is the author of 10 books on American religion and cultural trends, including her most recent, Grateful: The Subversive Power of Giving Thanks (2018). She is currently writing a book about images of Jesus. The views expressed here are hers. …