Current Events that Relate to History
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CommentDeportation Was Always Political
From its beginnings, deportation has been a tool used to threaten, suppress, and break dissent. ICE’s targeting of political enemies is no exception.Jacobin -
First PersonThe Trump Administration Can’t Kill Black History Month
We don’t need permission from the government to commemorate a complex past.The Atlantic -
DebunkThe Rules-Based Order Is Dead. Good.
The rules-based order was a polite fiction based in a fundamental misunderstanding of contemporary geopolitics.Liberal Currents -
Book ExcerptCaptain America, Our First Antifascist Superhero
On the ancient and modern inspirations behind the heroes that populate the Marvel universe.Literary Hub -
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CommentThe Historic Case for Birthright Citizenship
The Trump administration’s efforts to narrow the scope of the 14th Amendment are based on revisionist history.The Dispatch -
exhibitImperial Ambitions
Five hundred years of empire building in North America and beyond its borders.
From the HNN Archive
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How to Succeed in Government Without Really Trying
The long history of promising an “efficient” federal government. -
If the Slipper Doesn’t Fit
A scorched shoe is a crucial part of Zelda Fitzgerald’s modern mythology. But there’s no proof it existed. -
Indifferent to the Fate of Freedom Elsewhere
Jimmy Carter is known for his defense of human rights worldwide. But in 1979, he threatened to deport thousands of Iranian student protesters. -
Elevating the Few
What JD Vance excludes from the history of the Civil War and immigration. -
Whose Side Are College Administrators On?
There’s a long history of politicians targeting student protesters — and of campus leaders abetting those efforts. -
Solve for AI
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms. -
“At Any Future Time”
In 1880, the daughter of a Welsh politician turned to fiction to expose perspectives missing from the official record, upending histories for generations to come. -
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. -
Governing by Police
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding. -
When Good Housekeeping Meant Getting Vaccinated Against Polio
The pages of 1950s lifestyle magazines offer a glimpse of a time when childhood vaccines were anything but controversial.