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Ralph H. Cameron staked mining claims around the Grand Canyon, seeking to privatize it. When the federal government fought back, he ran for Senate.

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Well-researched stories from the Cut, the Atlantic, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.

There is a long history of leftist thinkers embracing Satan, usually just as a way to shake up political rhetoric.

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