We explore the origins of the racist precedent that still prevents people in US territories from having any voting rights. Plot twist: it has to do with the Philippines.

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We explore the US-backed coup in Guatemala, engineered by the Dulles Bros. As it turns out, they weren’t the only people (or dogs) in the US government keen to help the United Fruit Company and depose Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz.

Today's story comes from "Bitter Fruit" by Stephen Kinzer and Stephen Schlesinger; "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins; and "Empire’s Workshop" by Greg Grandin

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The first episode of Season 2 investigates how brothers Allen and John Foster Dulles, director of the CIA and secretary of state in the 1950s, led one of the largest and most foolish covert operations in US history.

Today's story comes from "The Jakarta Method" by Vincent Bevins; and "The Brothers" by Stephen Kinzer.

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