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Nancy Isenberg

Nancy Isenberg  is the author of White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America and Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr. Her latest book, coauthored with Andrew Burstein, is The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality.

Beneath the Powdered Wig

Beneath the Powdered Wig 

Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father

by Nancy Isenberg | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Making Their Voices Heard

Making Their Voices Heard

The story behind passage of the 19th Amendment

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, March 02, 2020
Two women stand side-by-side in front of a stand of trees. The woman on the left is dressed in a light-colored coat., while the one on the right wears black.

Southern Secrets 

Three very different women haunted by the past

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 03, 2019
Waking From the Dream

Waking From the Dream

Most Americans assume society is more egalitarian than it is

by Nancy Isenberg | Monday, June 05, 2017

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Going Viral

by Priscilla Long

Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s hard to remember that at one time most of our virus-related worries were limited to such seasonal maladies as the common cold. In this essay from 2012, Priscilla Long ponders the invasive nature of viruses—which, whether or not they are considered to be alive, “are a part of life.”

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