Robert Samuelson in his office in 2008. With no formal training in economics, he viewed himself as an outsider who translated dense but important policy debates for a broad audience.
For more than a century, this Black soldier from Virginia was remembered by nearly no one. Then this year, someone at the Pentagon found a use for him.
The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical tragedies.
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