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The Culture War That Was Fought in the Sky

by Keith O’Brien

In 1928, women helped decide the presidential election, but they wanted more than just the vote. They wanted to do everything a man could do. Even fly the Atlantic.

Trump’s U.N. Speech Was a Green Light for Poland, Hungary and Other Anti-Democratic Regimes

by Ronald Radosh

The word “sovereignty” may sound innocent enough, but as Trump and speechwriter Stephen Miller deploy it, it’s anything but. Here’s what you need to know.

Will Democrats Regret Weaponizing the Judiciary?

by Matthew Pritchard

Using the court system to stymie a president has backfired before.

‘Axis Sally’ Brought Hot Jazz to the Nazi Propaganda Machine

by Jackie Mansky

The voice of Nazi Germany’s U.S. radio disinformation campaigns would have had great success in the media landscape of today.

These are the terrifying parallels between Brexit and the appeasement of Hitler in the 1930s

by David Keys

Their MPs were opposed to leaving the EU, yet still the leaderships of both major political parties persist in hurtling towards the Brexit precipice like lemmings, ignoring the lessons of the past – and weakening European stability.

What happens when women talk to Congress about sex

by Kimberly A. Hamlin

They’re repeatedly ignored.

Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Christine Blasey Ford and the historical fallacy

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The historical fallacy: Because something happened many times before, it’s happening again.

George Washington’s Broken Dream of a National University

by Adam Harris

The founders believed a federal institution focused on civic education could help unite a fractured country.

Who Putin Is Not

by Stephen F. Cohen

Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.

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

Learning the Power of Lies

by Arnold R. Isaacs

Facts vs. Falsehoods in the Age of Trump

Battles over patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance in schools span a century

by Randall Curren and Charles Dorn

Seventy-five years ago, at the height of America’s involvement in World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette that guaranteed public school students’ right to refuse to stand in patriotic salute.

Teddy vs. Trump: The Art of the Square Deal

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Roosevelt’s evolution as a dealmaker defined his presidency—and offers profound lessons to the current occupant of the Oval Office.

How Midwestern Suffragists Used Anti-Immigrant Fervor to Help Gain the Vote

by Sara Egge

Women Fighting for the Ballot Saw German Men as Backward, Ignorant, and Less Worthy of Citizenship Than Themselves

The Hacking of America

by Jill Lepore

Political and technological disruption have fed off each other since the nation’s founding. Now they are dangerously out of whack.

America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare

by Jeffrey Rosen

The Founders designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how strong the mob could become.

Video of the Week: An Animated Map shows 2,400 years of European History

Empires rise and fall, invasions sweep across the continent, and the borders of modern countries slowly begin to take shape.

The myth of freedom

by Yuval Noah Harari

Governments and corporations will soon know you better than you know yourself. Belief in the idea of ‘free will’ has become dangerous.

Lessons from White House disinformation a century ago: ‘It’s dangerous to believe your own propaganda’

by John Maxwell Hamilton andMeghan Menard McCune

One hundred years ago, the U.S. government published documents that fueled the mounting Red Scare, helped justify the American military invasion of Russia and poisoned American-Russian relations for years to come.

Edwin Stanton Was Part of the ‘Resistance’—in 1860

by Adam Rowe

If President Buchanan’s experience is a precedent, Trump’s internal critic may privately flatter him.