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An interesting look at how Mad Men portrayed the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War…

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An interesting look at how Mad Men portrayed the bloodiest year of the Vietnam War in the just concluded season

How Mad Men Fought Vietnam
For U.S. soldiers and their families, 1968 was the deadliest year of the Vietnam War, and this season of Mad Men reflected that. In this video essay, we explain the references and allusions Mad Men used to comment on this violent year—especially in its treatment of the Chevy account. (Thanks to Amanda Marcotte, Kevin B. Lee,…

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We spend more on prisons than education and more on the military than the next 14… 2

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We spend more on prisons than education and more on the military than the next 14 countries combined 

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WTF is wrong with Americans? | so funny
Can you please reference one source that does not require me to wear sunglasses to protect my eyes from the shiny reflection from the sea of tinfoil hats, please? ‘Cause I can’t find any. And while you’re at it, maybe try some math. 47000 cases of paralysis is lower than 350000.

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I wonder how many of the white people that voted in Louisiana could pass this te… 3

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I wonder how many of the white people that voted in Louisiana could pass this test

Many of the questions are deliberately worded in ways that almost anyone under pressure to do it in 10 minutes at a polling place would have a hard time. You actually have think hard about the construction of the sentence to be clear on what is intended and chances are that the poll workers administering it would mark at least one wrong even if they were all right and you would have a hard time arguing about it.

Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
This week’s Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder overturned Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which mandated federal oversight of changes in voting procedure in jurisdictions that have a history of using a “test or device” to impede enfranchisement. Here is one example of such a…

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