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The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore

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May 18, 202632:31News & Politics

The two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives during intense disputes about American history, as the Trump Administration demands a more glorifying view of the nation’s past at feder...

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The History Wars and America at 250, with the Historian Jill Lepore is an episode from The New Yorker: Politics and More by The New Yorker. The two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence arrives during intense d...

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Published May 18, 2026, 32:31 long, audio available.

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