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Ben Railton

Professor and Public Scholar of American Studies

Ben Railton is Professor of English and American Studies at Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts. He is the author of four books, most recently *History and Hope in American Literature: Models of Critical Patriotism*; writes the daily AmericanStudier blog (http://americanstudier.blogspot.com); and contributes public scholarly pieces to numerous websites.

December 11, 2017

The Primal Passions Of White Supremacy, Roy Moore And The Battle To Define America
September 7, 2017

DACA, The 1924 Immigration Act And American Exclusion
July 31, 2017

Five American History Series HBO Should Produce Before 'Confederate'
June 21, 2017

Steve Scalise, the Capitol Police, and an Exclusionary or Inclusive America

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March 4, 2017

The Manjiro Trail and Americas Forgotten, Foundational Diversity
February 20, 2017

Empathy As Resistance In Trumps America
February 4, 2018

Trump's Immigration Executive Order and the "Christian Nation" Myth
January 29, 2018

Yung Wing and the Un-American and Tragic Realities of Exclusion
January 26, 2018

The National Park Service and the Legacy of Naturalist Activism
December 19, 2017

The Eerily Familiar North Carolina Coup We've All Forgotten
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