Current Events that Relate to History
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Book ReviewThe World That September 11 Made
Richard Beck’s “Homeland” traces the far-reaching aftereffects of the attacks and tries to recover the events of the day, as they happened.The New Republic -
ExhibitThe War Crimes That the Military Buried
This large database of possible American war crimes committed in Iraq and Afghanistan shows that the military-justice system rarely punishes perpetrators.The New Yorker -
ComparisonHow the GOP Went From Reagan to Trump
The 40th president inadvertently prepared the ground for the 45th in multiple ways.The Atlantic -
CommentCensorship Through Centuries
A new book examines battles over drag story hours and book bans through the lens of LGBTQ history.Literary Hub -
ExhibitThe CIA-in-Chile Scandal at 50
Documents show Henry Kissinger misled President Gerald Ford about clandestine U.S. efforts to undermine the elected government of Salvador Allende.National Security Archive -
ComparisonAmerica’s King
America long ago rejected the trappings of monarchy in favor of republicanism, but many have wanted to have it both ways.Law & Liberty -
exhibitKidding Around
Stories of American children at work and play.
History and Current Events
From the HNN Archive
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The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Overexposed
What happened to privacy when Americans gained easy access to cameras in the Gilded Age? -
An Early Case of Impostor Syndrome
Why were so many medieval books laden with self-deprecation? Blame genre conventions. -
Books That Speak of Books
How a subgenre of murder mysteries plays with the way real history is written. -
Access Denied
When the British government opened its archives to historians — and started relying less on the past for its own business. -
Mastering the Art of Reading an Old Recipe
For every moment of historical significance, there is a figure — often hidden — who fed the figures we do remember.