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The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves.

And when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over,

turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.

I'm Tracy.

And I'm Rich.

And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this pivotal era in American history.

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Shanghai Update September 1st, 2022. Lockdown Eternal.

It has, happily enough, been a good long while since I've felt compelled to post yet another of these real-time missiles.

That's largely because over the summer we've been relatively, and the keyword here is relatively,

free to move around and go about our respective businesses here in Shanghai.

Now going to anywhere else in China, that's a whole other story.

We are still treated like the world's biggest leper colony.

And many cities and localities still will simply turn away people with a Shanghai ID,

or people who've even been logged as been in Shanghai effectively at the border.

That is ongoing, although that is starting to loosen, given that, well, we'll get into more of why in just a little bit,

but mostly because more and more localities across China are experiencing the kind of issues that we have already experienced here.

That relative freedom, for the most part, has nevertheless been marred here and again by the occasional snap lockdowns,

which will get to more in just a little bit, but still nothing so terrible or disruptive as the full-on citywide lockdowns of last April and May.

That is certainly not to say, however, that things have been hunky-dory,

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