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Lawrence B. Glickman

Lawrence B. Glickman is Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History at Cornell University.  He is the author, most recently, of Free Enterprise: An American History and Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America.

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Politics

How Did the GOP Become the Party of Ideas?

If Trump was the end of the “party of ideas,” the rise of Reagan was its start. But what were those “ideas” in the first place, and were they really as new as people said?

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

The Liberal Who Told Reagan’s Favorite Joke

When Democratic senator Edmund Muskie made a quip about the government being “here to help you,” he surely didn’t know it marked the death of the New Deal.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Race

The Racist Politics of the English Language

How we went from “racist” to “racially tinged.”

Lawrence B. Glickman

Law & Justice

Don’t Let Them Eat Cake

The Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling continues a terrible trend of valuing businesses more than employees and customers.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

Forgotten Men

On the long road from FDR to Trump.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

Business as Usual: The Long History of Corporate Personhood

Contrary to most narratives, corporations have always been one of the most powerful forces in American political life.

Lawrence B. Glickman

Politics

The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare

The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.

Lawrence B. Glickman

       

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