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Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs, a joint appointment of the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of History and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is the author and editor of nine books on contemporary politics and foreign policy. His most recent book is "The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America’s Highest Office."

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I am the child of immigrants, and I love America; it saved my family. I love America because we strive…

On Texas Gov. Abbott’s “Back the Blue” pledge to seize Austin’s police department is a return to Jim Crow

Thanks for your comments, Greg. As you agree, historians write about context. That is the point of my piece --…

On Texas Gov. Abbott’s “Back the Blue” pledge to seize Austin’s police department is a return to Jim Crow

Thanks for your comment, Greg. I will not comment on City Council policies regarding homelessness and housing because I do…

On Texas Gov. Abbott’s “Back the Blue” pledge to seize Austin’s police department is a return to Jim Crow

Thanks for your comment, Chris. The connection between Jim Crow opposition to school integration in the 1950s and Governor Abbott's…

On Texas Gov. Abbott’s “Back the Blue” pledge to seize Austin’s police department is a return to Jim Crow