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THIS Is How to Use History in a Pragmatic Fashion

I am always on the lookout for pragmatic uses of history, particularly ones that attempt to drive important changes in society. While history is like air in that it is all around us and constantly being used (and, thus, often ignored), it isn’t always used with such deliberation as the example I found earlier this week. The Trump Administration has actively been attempting to ban transgender people from military service. Its latest maneuver has been…

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