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The New York Times @nytimes.com · New York City 🇺🇸 · 3d

Historian Helena Rosenblatt explores the historical roots of liberalism and the often-overlooked virtue of liberality, advocating for a renewed emphasis on moral imagination and a commitment to the common good within contemporary liberalism's response to rising illiberalism and societal challenges. #Liberalism #History #PoliticalPhilosophy #US #FR #DE #UK

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Video: Opinion | The Book That Changed How I Think About Liberalism
The historian Helena Rosenblatt traces the roots of liberalism and the values that many have forgotten. So we live in this moment when illiberalism is winning, when illiberalism is in power.

We also had Vox when Abascal climbed onto a table with a megaphone, and look at them now. We must never underestimate the power of the retrograde; we can always return to times past, and faster than we think. (Original: También nos teníamos de Vox cuando Abascal se subía a un tabal con un megáfono, y míralos ahora. No debemos nunca infravalorar el poder de lo retrógrado, siempre podemos volver a tiempos pretéritos y más rápido de lo que pensamos.) #Retrograde #PoliticalPower #HistoryRepeats #ES

Did you know? There was a police force for blacks and a police force for Arabs in France. (Original: Le saviez-vous ? Il y eu une police de noirs et une police des arabes en France. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️) #History #France #SocialJustice #FR

The Guardian @theguardian.com · London 🇬🇧 · 4d

A recently discovered manuscript page belonging to Theodore Roosevelt, which helped slow a bullet during his 1912 assassination attempt, highlights his resilience as he delivered a speech afterward, and is valued at $150,000 by historian Nathan Raab due to its unique significance and personal connection to the former president. #History #TheodoreRoosevelt #PoliticalViolence

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Page of Theodore Roosevelt speech hit by bullet in 1912 assassination attempt uncovered
The 26th president was wounded in the attack but the thick manuscript in his breast pocket helped save his life The first page of a thick manuscript that helped slow a bullet and save the life of Theodore Roosevelt during a 1912 assassination attempt has been uncovered by a presidential historian in Pennsylvania.