Phillip W. Magness

1619 Project

Hulu's 1619 Project Docuseries Peddles False History

The first episode paints an enslaver, plantation master, and Royalist autocrat as a leading and even celebrated agent of emancipation.

Phillip W. Magness | 1.31.2023 7:00 AM

History

Is Twitter-Famous Princeton Historian Kevin Kruse a Plagiarist?

His 2000 thesis on civil-rights-era Atlanta lifts passages from other people's work.

Phillip W. Magness | 6.14.2022 3:15 PM

Politics

The 1619 Project Unrepentantly Pushes Junk History

Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.

Phillip W. Magness | 3.29.2022 6:30 AM

Book Reviews

America's Cross-Partisan Dalliance With Eugenics

A new book pulls the curtain back—but only partway.

Phillip W. Magness | 7.31.2021 6:00 AM

School Choice

No, Segregationists Weren't the Driving Force Behind School Choice

The anti-voucher polemic is augmented by historical half-truths and selective omissions of countervailing evidence.

Phillip W. Magness | 5.24.2020 6:00 AM

College Admissions

Universities Play the Victim in Admissions Scandal, but They're Far From Blameless

Higher education is a moral mess.

Jason Brennan and Phillip W. Magness | 3.14.2019 11:40 AM

Neoliberalism

What Does 'Neoliberalism' Really Mean?

Phillip W. Magness | 12.30.2018 6:00 AM

Electoral College

No, The Electoral College Isn't Rigged to Favor Rural Trumpism

It's time to put the myth of electoral bias out of its misery.

Phillip W. Magness | 11.15.2017 2:00 PM