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James Nevius

James Nevius is author of multiple books about New York City history, most recently Footprints in New York: Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers. He is currently at work on a book about the Pilgrims and their place in American history

November 2016

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    Thanksgiving began to spread liberal values. Let's keep that going

    James Nevius
    The holiday was actually created by a New England writer opposed to the slaveholding south

October 2016

  • Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump is shown on TV monitors in the media filing room during the last 2016 U.S. presidential debate in Las Vegas<br>Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump is shown on TV monitors in the media filing room on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas, during the last 2016 U.S. presidential debate in Las Vegas, U.S., October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Could a third party with actual power be Donald Trump's next political move?

    James Nevius
    A ‘Trump Party’ would secure his legacy far into the future while allowing his supporters to assert their views outside Republican strictures

August 2016

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    Why Rudy Giuliani is happy to be a Trump attack dog and provocateur

    James Nevius
    The former New York mayor has always had a penchant for bluster, but a recent string of controversial statements is all about one thing: securing his legacy
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    McCarthyism redux: the long view of Trump's immigration plan

    James Nevius
    The founding fathers saw the value in opening America’s borders. Their successors have not been so enlightened, and Trump’s stance is among the worst
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    Donald Trump is alienating his own party? That's practically American tradition

    James Nevius
    Presidential candidates have been at odds with their parties for as long as there have been elections

July 2016

  • A woman carries a cutout of Bernie Sanders past tents in Franklin D. Roosevelt park on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 25, 2016. REUTERS/Dominick Reuter

    The DNC email leak doesn't show wrongdoing – Bernie is barely a Democrat

    James Nevius
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    America is a nation of pent-up anxiety. UFC delivers bloody release

    James Nevius

June 2016

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    What the American revolution can teach us about Brexit

    James Nevius
  • Hillary Clinton Claims the Democratic Nomination<br>Democratic candidate for President Hillary Clinton waves after she delivers an address on the evening of the New Jersey and California Primary's on June 7, 2016 in New York City. Democrats voted in six states on Tuesday just hours after Hillary Clinton secured enough superdelegates to make her the party's presumptive presidential nominee. PHOTOGRAPH BY UPI / Barcroft Images London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com - New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com - New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftimages.com

    Hillary Clinton made history. But she did so upon the shoulders of giants

    James Nevius

May 2016

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    America is addicted to overeating. New food labels are too little, too late

    James Nevius
  • File photo of businessman and real estate developer Donald Trump endorsing U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Romney's candidacy for president at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas<br>Businessman and real estate developer Donald Trump (R) endorses U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's candidacy for president as Romney and his wife Ann look on at the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada in this February 2, 2012 file photo. Romney gave a blistering rebuke of 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump on March 3, 2016, leading an attempt by the party establishment to halt the rise of the outspoken New York billionaire. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files

    The loose-cannon candidate may be the new normal

    James Nevius

April 2016

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    Want to change 'politics as usual'? Make a viable multi-party system

    James Nevius
    Americans line up behind Democrats and Republicans so the race doesn’t end up decided by Congress. With a few policy tweaks, we could have a lot more options

March 2016

  • Deborah Kelly shows her voting sticker after casting ballot in U.S. presidential primary election in Arizona<br>Deborah Kelly, who waited in line 45 minutes to vote in a U.S. presidential primary election, shows her voting sticker outside a polling site in Glendale, Arizona March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Nancy Wiechec EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE

    Why we should scrap state primaries in the presidential race

    James Nevius
    America uses complex methods to choose who will represent each party in the general election. This doesn’t actually reflect voter preferences
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    America's addiction epidemic
    The strange history of opiates in America: from morphine for kids to heroin for soldiers

    James Nevius
    They went from common painkillers to blacklisted substances, and now they’re standard again. Along the way, efforts to criminalize haven’t stemmed usage
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    Still don't think Trump could win? We've elected xenophobic presidents before

    James Nevius
    Seventh president Andrew Jackson offers clues as to how Donald Trump could triumph – and how his reign would go

February 2016

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    Republicans beware: blocking supreme court nominations can backfire

    James Nevius
  • Former US Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Sits In An Office<br>383230 04: (No Newsweek - No Usnews) Former Us Secretary Of State Henry Kissinger Sits In An Office In Washington, Dc, circa 1975. Kissinger Served As The National Security Advisor To President Richard M. Nixon, Shared The Nobel Peace Prize For Negotiating A Cease-Fire With North Vietnam, And Helped Arrange A Cease-Fire In The 1973 Arab-Israeli War. (Photo By Dirck Halstead/Getty Images)

    Does Hillary Clinton see that invoking Henry Kissinger harms her campaign?

    James Nevius

November 2015

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    Good thing Native Americans didn't treat the Pilgrims like we treat Syrian refugees

    James Nevius
    Today’s refugees don’t look, sound or worship like we do, but the Pilgrims were different than the indigenous people who still welcomed them here

October 2015

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    Christopher Columbus was a lost sadist. There shouldn't be a holiday in his name

    James Nevius
    Stop celebrating Columbus Day and start celebrating the native cultures his arrival in the Americas began the process of displacing

August 2015

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    Donald Trump is an immigration Know-Nothing, and dangerous for Republicans

    James Nevius
    Some compare the billionaire to 1990s campaign-spoiler Ross Perot. But he’s more like Millard Fillmore on policy and possibility
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