Roundup

This is what an antiracist America would look like. How do we get there?

by Ibram X Kendi

Opposing racism is not the same as building an antiracist society. The new Guardian series, Antiracism and America, looks at the structures that sustain a racist society - and how we dismantle them.

The Supreme Court confirmation process is actually less political than it once was

by Timothy S. Huebner

Our fights over nominees might be bitter, but they’re still less contentious than in the 19th century

Voters Rebel in Europe’s Big Three

by Walter Russell Mead

Western political systems are under strain despite good economic times.

Roundup Top Ten!

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

Why the Nixon impeachment worked

by Julian Zelizer

Democrats shouldn't take the Clinton impeachment as a warning not to impeach Trump.

Hungary: Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitism?

by Karl Pfeifer

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s claims to the contrary Jews are living in fear in Hungary – and with good reason.

Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn’t Allocate a single Cent for Trump’s Idiotic Wall

by Juan Cole

Beyond the problem that Trump repeatedly asserts things that are patently untrue on the immigration issue, the fact of the matter is that Democrats need to stand up to him if they are to vindicate themselves.

The Civil Rights Movement for Intellectual Change

by Joshua Clark Davis

More than half a century since the 1960s, scholars and citizens alike continue to grapple with how our country should remember the civil rights movement.

Why Brexit might not happen

by Laura Beers

Ignoring the will of the people is a British tradition.

How a World Order Ends

by Richard Haass

And what comes in its wake.

Why Did Gallup Omit Its Own Holocaust Poll?

by Rafael Medoff

The Holocaust Museum has an exhibit about American attitudes toward Jewish refugees. And it's missing the most important part.

What French populists from the ‘50s can teach us about the 'yellow vests’ roiling Paris today

by Charles Hankla

The Poujadist protests can shed light on today’s unrest – as well as on the many other populist movements agitating governments across the world.

The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years after its founding

by Christopher Towler

Today, while much of the John Birch Society exists online and through its bimonthly magazine, The New American, some conservatives are trying to reboot local chapters of the nonprofit corporation.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Is It Possible to Separate George H.W. Bush’s GOP From Trump’s?

by Sean Wilentz

Reflections on the death of a president.

First as Farce, Then as Tragedy

by Manisha Sinha

Donald Trump wants to destroy the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship. But before he sought to eliminate it outright, his elite predecessors mangled, misread, and misused the amendment in the service of capital.

The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s

by Margaret O’Mara

Choices that Congress made decades ago allowed tech giants to become as powerful as they are.

Video of the Week: A Brief History of the Perp Walk

by Clyde Haberman

It’s an old ritual with a new twist: Walk a suspect in handcuffs past a fevered crowd armed with cameras and microphones. Even Mother Teresa would look bad.

Does ‘Make X Great Again’ Ever Happen in History?

by Victor Davis Hanson

The short answer: Sometimes.

Russia’s Revisionist History

by Alisa Ganieva

The government insists on reliving the Soviet Union's glorious past, even if it's a lie.