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Hard-G History is written by me, Gillian Brockell. I’m a former staff writer for The Washington Post, where I wrote for the popular history section, Retropolis, and occasional personal essay. Here are some of my favorite Retropolis pieces, and my favorite personal essays.

I left WaPo at the end of 2023, having lost faith in the concepts of “neutral” journalism and “unbiased” history. I’m working on a book about the myth that “people didn’t know it was wrong back then.”

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