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Presidential campaign target states, since 1952

We mostly hear about a handful of swing states these days, as presidential campaigns focused more on optimizing resources. Research by Shaw et al. identifies the shifts and the state-by-state results. For the Washington Post, Hannah Dormido and Adrián Blanco show the changes as a set of maps over time. In the 1950s, you see […]

Was the U.S. Civil War Fought for Slavery or States’ Rights? — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

General John Gordon. “Slavery is only one of the minor issues and the cause of the war, the whole cause, on our part is the maintenance of the independence of these states….neither tariffs, nor slavery, nor both together, could ever been truly called the cause of the secession…. the sovereign independence of our states. This, […]

Book: Unshackled: A Practical Guide For Highly-Skilled Immigrants To Thrive In The United States – Brad Feld

I recently wrote the Foreword for Unshackled, a new book co-authored by Soundarya Basubramani, a writer from India, and Sameer Khedekar, a veteran immigration lawyer. Unshackled breaks down how legal immigration works in America in a way that is friendly, accessible, and human. It’s filled with raw stories of high-skilled immigrants who walked unconventional paths […]