Roundup

Stumbling Toward Armageddon

by Sergey Radchenko

Newly declassified documents show why the Americans and the Soviets came so close to war in 1973.

Think journalism’s a tough field today?

by Randall S. Sumpter

Try being a reporter in the Gilded Age.

The Catholic Church’s grim history of ignoring priestly pedophilia – and silencing would-be whistleblowers

by Brian Clites

While the problem of priestly pedophilia might be centuries old, the modern paper trail began only after World War II.

Hating Muslims in the Age of Trump

by Juan Cole

The New Islamophobia Looks Like the Old McCarthyism.

Conservatives’ self-delusion on race

by Joshua Tait

How the right created the illusion of colorblindness.

The Senate has lost its way

by Dov Weinryb Grohsgal

With Sens. Jeff Flake and Susan Collins’s decision to vote for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on Friday, ensuring his confirmation, the case of Clement Haynsworth offers another important comparison.

The Kavanaughs of the Founding generation

by Laura Ellyn Smith

Even in the nation’s early days, accusations of sexual misconduct were treated as a political smear.

The Vicious Entrenchment Circle: Thoughts on a Lifetime with a Republican-Controlled Court

by Marty Lederman

By the time the Court’s current Term ends in June, it will have been more than 50 years of GOP-appointed control.

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

Trump Even Inherited His Self-Made Myth

by Timothy L. O’Brien

His wealth had everything to do with his father, including the fable of how it happened.

Women are deeply divided on Brett Kavanaugh

by Michelle Nickerson and Emily Suzanne Johnson

Here’s why.

How Real Estate Segregated America

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Real-estate interests have long wielded an outsized influence over national housing policy—to the detriment of African Americans.

Politicians have long used the ‘forgotten man’ to win elections

by Donald Critchlow

The silent majority spoke in 1968 and again 1972 by voting a Republican into the White House, just as they did in 2016 when they voted for Donald Trump.

America’s Missing Labor Party

by David Sessions

The history of strikes shows that, for lasting success, workers need to capture political power.

Writing the History of Sexual Assault in the Age of #MeToo

by Amy Stanley

Tsuneno was raped. She said so. But only after #MeToo did this historian decide to believe her. 

Some People Are Better than Others: A Bedrock GOP Belief Since 1980

by Heather Cox Richardson

The Kavanaugh case exposes this.

Everything You Know About How World War I Ended Is Wrong

by Geoffrey Wawro

The American role in the First World War is one of the great stories of the American Century, and yet it has largely vanished from view.

Trump’s Nineteenth-Century Grand Strategy

by Charles A. Kupchan

The Themes of His UN General Assembly Speech Have Deep Roots in U.S. History

On the Supreme Court, Difficult Nominations Have Led to Historical Injustices

by Calvin Schermerhorn

Far from being unusual, the hurried and partisan Supreme Court confirmation process for Brett Kavanaugh mirrors several notable examples of similarly politicized confirmations in U.S. history.

Roundup Top 10!

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