More than two centuries after Shays’ Rebellion, the institutions crafted at the Founding and the wider system they have shaped make it extraordinarily difficult for majorities of the mass public to make economic policy and curb inequality—just as the Founders intended.
– The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, Osita Nwanevu
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This is 168 stories, one per year from 1776 to 1943. Every person in them was real. Most of them you’ve never heard of: fishermen and farmers, shoemakers and mill workers, people who crossed oceans and some who never left their town. They are the people who made [my] four grandparents.
Apple sent their WWDC 2026 invitations built around the Swift logo. Swift is the programming language developers use to build native Mac apps. I’m definitely reading too much into it. I’m going to do it anyway.