New perspectives on how history is made
The 41st president put self-interest over principle time and time again.
In both Britain and the U.S., Salvationists saw their mission as twofold: converting sinners and assisting the needy.
More and more people in Israel are recognizing that compromises and concessions have only led to more violence.
What Arthur Schlesinger Jr. and others taught us was that we need a principled politics of freedom.
DNA, Race, and Native Rights
The system of government gets in the country’s way.
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
Abizaid of Arabia
His family goes way way back in American history.
We reveal how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-internet era.
The issue: abortion. Those who would outlaw abortion today are as convinced of the morality of their position as the abolitionists were of the morality of theirs.
History proves it.
The long, entwined history of America First and the American dream.
How did we go from hopes of an “end of history” in the 1990s to fears of an “end of democracy” today?
They must give the elected branches room to address societal needs.
Looking to our past for guidance is a big mistake – we’re no longer the nation of the Second World War or Suez.
Will Democrats pull them in?
The network has been a major force in American politics, and with Trump's help, it has helped to reshape the modern Republican Party.
The term is trendy but vacuous. Look to history, not prehistory, to understand U.S. challenges.
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