Roundup

The Real Legacy of the 1970s

by Michael Tomasky

Inflation was as pivotal a factor in our national crackup as Vietnam and Watergate.

Howard Schultz Doesn’t Understand American History

by Jamelle Bouie

The most effective third-party presidential candidates were polarizers, not centrists.

What Green New Dealers can learn from the first New Deal

by Eric Rauchway

The hard part of a Green New Deal is not environmental reform. It is social justice.

3 ways to improve education about slavery in the US

by Tiffany Mitchell Patterson

Textbooks often do a poor job when it comes to teaching students about slavery in the U.S.

Voter suppression carries slavery's three-fifths clause into the present

by Imani Perry

The Georgia governor’s election was the latest example of how James Madison’s words continue to shape our views on race.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Video of the Week: Historian Ruger Bregman rails against income inequality at Davos

“I mean 1,500 private jets have flown in here to hear Sir David Attenborough speak about how we’re wrecking the planet," he said.

Jeremi Suri: The Case for Howard Schultz

by Jeremi Suri

"Third-party figures did not play spoiler to particular candidates; they were reflections of the weaknesses of the main-party candidates from the start."

Xi’s China Is Steamrolling Its Own History

by Pamela Kyle Crossley

“Historical nihilism” is nothing more than a denial that the past is fundamentally a resource to be plundered by the present.

Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer: Howard Schultz could re-elect Donald Trump

by Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer

Schultz could easily play the same spoiler role in 2020.

The Women’s Suffrage Movement Included More Than Two Women And So Should The Monuments

by Michelle Duster

During a time when Black women’s votes are more pivotal than ever, our leaderships and contributions to the Suffrage Movement must be honored.

Trump's Troop Ban Is Part of a Long, Dark History of Accusing Trans People of Threatening National Stability

by Julio Capó, Jr.

People gendered differently from what was assigned to them at birth have served in the American military since at least the 18th century. 

Why the decision to wear MAGA hats matters

by Matthew A. Sears

Political symbols signal political beliefs — and their usage can shape the course of history.

The State of the Union shifts power to the president. Pelosi took it back.

by Kathryn Cramer Brownell

The shutdown upended the ‘bully pulpit’ Trump’s predecessors have used.

The Green Book’s Black History

by Brent Staples

Lessons from the Jim Crow-era travel guide for African-American elites.

Our Man From Boeing

by Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung

Has the Arms Industry Captured Trump’s Pentagon?

What Robert Mueller and William Barr need to tell us

by Philip Zelikow

Above all, because of its counterintelligence writ, the Mueller report should provide a historical account of a troubling and intensely controversial episode in American history. 

After Donald Trump, we need a Washington outsider like Jimmy Carter in the 2020 race

by Jonathon Zimmerman

Carter wasn't a particularly effective president. But he was the right candidate for the moment, a decent man who healed the hole in our national heart.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Video of the Week: Rebecca Traister teaches Stephen Colbert about history's overlooked angry women

Traister, whose new book, Good And Mad, uncovers righteously angry and forgotten women throughout American history.