Historians/History

How Did Workers Win the Right to Form a Union and Go on Strike?

by Timothy P. Lynch

It happened in Flint, Michigan 80 years ago. We should remember it today. It was American labor’s biggest victory of the 20th century.

Liberals Shouldn’t Let the Fight over Confederate Statues Dominate Public Debate

by John L. Godwin

1. The monuments do not merely represent the Confederate cause or the racist beliefs of the people who erected them. 2. The fight over symbols distracts us from the fight for social justice.

Blacks in Britain Were Discouraged from Joining the Army During World War I. They Did It Anyway.

by Stephen Bourne

Recovering their stories isn’t easy.

Ross Douthat’s Ridiculous Comparison of Trump to JFK

by Sheldon M. Stern

JFK was a serious person who abhorred war and studied history. One cannot say the same about Donald Trump.

We Need a New Museum that Tells Us How We Came to Believe What We Believe

by T.J. Stiles

It would go beyond the question, "What happened?"

When the USSR Waged War Against Israel. (No, that’s Not a Misprint.)

by Karl Pfeifer

An interview with Gideon Remez.

Yes, Gay Soldiers Were Stigmatized in Britain during the World Wars, but that’s Not the Whole Story

by Stephen Bourne

A writer explains what he discovered when he dove into the research of gay men in the two World Wars.

What I’m Reading: An Interview with Stanford’s Richard White

by Erik Moshe

“I live among dead people, which sometimes frightens my wife.”

The Statues Debate – HNN's Full Coverage

by HNN Staff

Tweets, Blog Posts, Op Eds  –  Everything.

The Other Mistake Southern Heritage Defenders Make

by Wallace Hettle

They’re not just wrong to overlook the fact that slavery was the cause of the war, they’re wrong about this, too.

The Origins of American Imperialism: An Interview with Stephen Kinzer

by Robin Lindley

Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and U.S. expansionism at the end of the 19th century.

What Historians Can Contribute to Current Public Debates

by Paul Croce

Like Columbo, we get to know the people we investigate, the whole array of characters, from heroes to villains.

What Does a United States Admiral Make of the World Today?

by David L. O'Connor

An interview with James Stavridis, who served 35 years in the Navy before becoming the Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Think “Dunkirk” Is Epic? Check Out the Soviet War Memorial in Berlin’s Treptower Park.

by Peter Cole

It just might be the most impressive and important war memorial Americans never have heard of.

The Historian as Activist: Josh Marshall, Founder of TalkingPointsMemo.com

by Erik Moshe

How he turned a passion for history into a full-time job as a crusading journalist.

Why We Really Should Be Concerned About HBO’s New Series “Confederate”

by James Thornton Harris

What Herbert Marcuse would make of the show.

We Shouldn’t Let the Racists Own the Vikings

by Linnea Hartsuyker

Why I wrote a novel about the Vikings and what I learned about them.

Thomas Fleming’s Encounters with History

by Yanek Mieczkowski

While Fleming is now gone, his books remain, and their special value is the fresh insights they offer.

Save the Humanities so We Can Think Better

by Barry C. Keenan

Evidence abounds that we could benefit.

What I’m Reading: An Interview with Gerhard L. Weinberg

by Erik Moshe

A refugee from Nazi Germany, Weinberg has spent his career studying ancient Egypt and the origins and course of World War II.