Roundup

4/26/19

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editor of HNN.

Source: PBS

Accessed 4/25/19

Video of the Week: New Documentary ‘Boss’ Explores Black Business in America

The PBS film features stories from a number of African-American entrepreneurs, including several Chicagoans who played key roles in various industries, from journalist Ida B. Wells to publisher John H. Johnson.

Source: Washington Post

4/23/19

It’s time to return black women to the center of the history of women’s suffrage

by Susan Ware

Erased by white suffragists, black women’s work was vital to the fight for women’s rights.

Source: Crosscut

4/22/19

Why we need history majors to understand our future

by Knute Berger

Featuring Margaret O’Mara, a history professor at the University of Washington.

Source: Bloomberg

4/20/19

Trump’s Taxes Are Fair Game. Just Ask Warren Harding.

by Stephen Mihm

The Teapot Dome corruption scandal resulted in a 1924 law that gives the House Ways and Means Committee authority to demand returns.

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

April 25, 2019

Why We Need a New Civil War Documentary

by Keri Leigh Merritt

The success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation.

Source: The Federalist

4/22/19

CNN Shows Zero Interest In Questioning Conventional Wisdom About Watergate

by Geoff Shepard

The producer assured me that CNN was committed to presenting a balanced view in its recent series on Richard Nixon, but she never even called back, and I think I know why.

Source: Washington Post

4/22/19

It’s time to get rid of reform schools

by Amber Armstrong

We need to seize the opportunity to rethink our juvenile justice system.

Source: Washington Post

4/19/19

The public, not Robert Mueller, will determine Donald Trump’s fate

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell

Will Trump be Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton?

Source: Washington Post

4/25/19

If China wants to lead the global order, it will need more than the Belt and Road Initiative

by Gregory Mitrovich

The program falls well short of the world-changing Marshall Plan.

Source: TomDispatch

4/25/19

Suicide Watch on Planet Earth

by Tom Engelhardt

As the Flames Began to Rise, the Arsonists Appeared.

Source: Salon

4/22/19

Resistance can't be tweeted: Social and political change is built on reading

by Jim Sleeper

What's the value of liberal education? Without intellectual exploration, we'll never make a better world.

4/18/19

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editor of HNN.

Source: NY Times

4/16/19

Why Trump Won’t Stop Talking About Ilhan Omar

by Jamelle Bouie

The president is following a Republican playbook that is now nearly two decades old.

Source: CNN

4/18/19

Video of the Week: Mueller report 'devastating for the president'

Princeton history professor Sean Wilentz says the Trump administration is using an old Nixonian strategy: "Redact, delay, redact, delay, double talk."

Source: Washington Post

4/17/19

How California is dumbing down our democracy

by Max Boot

It is a matter of national concern that the California State University (CSU) system is on the verge of further diluting its already inadequate history and government requirements.