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Thomas Jefferson Also Tried to Prosecute a Political Foe. It Backfired.

When news broke last week that the Department of Justice had secured an indictment of former FBI director James Comey, commentators wasted no time in calling the move “unprecedented.” As the New York ...
People

Thomas Jefferson Claimed He Introduced Bill to Free Enslaved Blacks 100 Years Before Civil War. Was He Lying?

The new six-episode documentary series 'Thomas Jefferson' examines the third president's legacy of racism and his supposed early plan for emancipation GraphicaArtis/Getty Imagine a world where the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See Thomas Jefferson’s Handwritten Copy of the Declaration of Independence

The New York Public Library has one of Thomas Jefferson's handwritten copies of the Declaration of Independence in its collection. Jonathan Blanc / New York Public Library A few days after the ...
Opinion

U-Va. should adhere to Thomas Jefferson’s principles

Metro article “Ex-head of U-Va. details ouster,” about the resignation of University of Virginia President James E. Ryan, should alarm anyone who values academic freedom. U-Va. is not only a public ...