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How the History of the Anti-mask and Anti-vaccination Movements Hang Together

Thomas Schlich and Bruno J. Strasser Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is best known as a vaccination skeptic, but he is also skeptical about using masks for infection control. At the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC in May 2024, Kennedy Jr. recalled being asked during the pandemic whether he was scared of dying of COVID-19 since he wasn’t wearing a… Read more »

Great has more than one meaning in American history 

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Donald Wright Against the backdrop of the American election, and the vow to make America great yet again, I am reminded that there is a competing, and more expansive, definition of great with a long and inspiring history. But first, Donald Trump. He has co-opted the word, made it his own, and compelled it to do his bidding. Make America… Read more »