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JILL LEPORE
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JILL LEPORE
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Books
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About
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What the Pope Said About A.I.
May 27, 2026
What the Pope Said About A.I.
May 27, 2026

The New Yorker

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May 27, 2026
The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
May 18, 2026
The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
May 18, 2026

The New Yorker

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May 18, 2026
Writing the Trump Years Into History
May 12, 2026
Writing the Trump Years Into History
May 12, 2026

The New Yorker

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May 12, 2026
What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep
May 9, 2026
What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep
May 9, 2026

The New Yorker

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May 9, 2026
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?
May 4, 2026
Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?
May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026
Does A.I. Need a Constitution?
March 23, 2026
Does A.I. Need a Constitution?
March 23, 2026

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March 23, 2026
Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?
March 3, 2026
Do U.S. Presidents Have the Power to Declare War?
March 3, 2026

The New Yorker

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March 3, 2026
Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial
March 2, 2026
Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial
March 2, 2026

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March 2, 2026
Living in Tracy Chapman’s House
February 2, 2026
Living in Tracy Chapman’s House
February 2, 2026

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February 2, 2026
Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE
January 26, 2026
Revisiting Minnesota’s “Open House” Exhibition in the Age of ICE
January 26, 2026

The New Yorker

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January 26, 2026
When Bernie Sanders Headed for the Hills
January 19, 2026
When Bernie Sanders Headed for the Hills
January 19, 2026

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January 19, 2026
Who Gets to Tell America’s Story?
November 13, 2025
Who Gets to Tell America’s Story?
November 13, 2025

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November 13, 2025
What Was the American Revolution For?
November 10, 2025
What Was the American Revolution For?
November 10, 2025

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November 10, 2025
Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up
October 27, 2025
Trump and the Presidency That Wouldn’t Shut Up
October 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025
The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past
August 25, 2025
The Trump Administration’s Efforts to Reshape America’s Past
August 25, 2025

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August 25, 2025
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump
April 28, 2025
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump
April 28, 2025

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April 28, 2025
The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk
April 4, 2025
The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk
April 4, 2025

The New York Times

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April 4, 2025
Brief of American Historians as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents
January 29, 2024
Brief of American Historians as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents
January 29, 2024

Brief of American Historians as Amici Curiae Supporting Respondents

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January 29, 2024
Introduction: Beatleland
December 6, 2023
Introduction: Beatleland
December 6, 2023

1964: Eyes of the Storm

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December 6, 2023
The Mistrial: What Happened When the US Failed to Prosecute an Insurrectionist Ex-President
December 4, 2023
The Mistrial: What Happened When the US Failed to Prosecute an Insurrectionist Ex-President
December 4, 2023

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December 4, 2023
The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather
September 19, 2023
The World According to Elon Musk’s Grandfather
September 19, 2023

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September 19, 2023
The X-Man: How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain
September 11, 2023
The X-Man: How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain
September 11, 2023

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September 11, 2023
The Bear in Your Backyard
July 17, 2023
The Bear in Your Backyard
July 17, 2023

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July 17, 2023
The View from Inside Beatlemania
June 10, 2023
The View from Inside Beatlemania
June 10, 2023

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June 10, 2023
What We Owe Our Trees
May 22, 2023
What We Owe Our Trees
May 22, 2023

The New Yorker

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May 22, 2023
What the January 6th Report Is Missing
January 9, 2023
What the January 6th Report Is Missing
January 9, 2023

The New Yorker

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January 9, 2023
The Case Against the Twitter Apology
November 7, 2022
The Case Against the Twitter Apology
November 7, 2022

The New Yorker

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November 7, 2022
The United States’s Unamendable Constitution
October 26, 2022
The United States’s Unamendable Constitution
October 26, 2022

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October 26, 2022
The Supreme Court’s Selective Memory
June 24, 2022
The Supreme Court’s Selective Memory
June 24, 2022

The New Yorker

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June 24, 2022
The Morning After
May 15, 2022
The Morning After
May 15, 2022

The New Yorker

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May 15, 2022

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