Roundup

A firsthand look at the horrors of immigration detention

by Allyson Hobbs and Ana Raquel Minian

A practice so cruel that the United States ended it for a quarter-century.

That Time the U.S. Almost Went to War With Canada

by Kevin Lippert

And other tales from the Northern border.

Pompeo on What Trump Wants

by Walter Russell Mead

An interview with Trump’s top diplomat on America First and ‘the need for a reset.’

Nicaragua: We Will Always Be Confronted by U.S. Power

by Rebecca Gordon

Nicaragua at the barricades.

Evangelical Fear Elected Trump

by John Fea

The history of evangelicalism in America is shot through with fear—but it also contains an alternative.

Video of the Week: How the GOP Used to Address Immigration Issues

Watch Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush defend immigrants in 1980.

It would be stupid to think we have moved on from war. Look around.

by Margaret MacMillan

The distinguished historian, this year’s Reith lecturer, argues we can never be complacent about global conflict.

Charter schools damage public education

by Diane Ravitch

Once even Albert Shanker thought charter schools were a good idea.  Then he realized his mistake.

It Can Happen Here

by Jim Sleeper

Don’t underestimate the depths to which Donald Trump and his enablers will go to punish their political enemies.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Trump Has Strengthened, Not Undermined, Democracy in the U.S.

by Conrad Black

A conservative’s defense of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Video of the Week: The Nazi Propaganda Film that Compared Jews to Rats

The film was created in 1940 as the persecution of the Jews in nazi Germany escalated.

‘INFEST’ — The Ugly Nazi History of Trump’s Chosen Verb About Immigrants

by Aviya Kushner

When President Trump characterized immigrants as “animals,” some people waved it away, claiming he was only referring to gang members. But today’s use of “infest” in connection to human beings is impossible to ignore.

Trump’s America does not care

by Robert Kagan

Trump is not merely neglecting the liberal world order; he is milking it for narrow gain.

Trump-Trudeau tiff is the latest in a history of President-PM disputes

by Ron Stagg

While this very public spat is perhaps the most publicized disagreement between an American president and a Canadian prime minister, there have been notable confrontations in the past.

Trump uses IG report to spread 'deep state' conspiracy

by Julian Zelizer

Trump has done more than anyone else to bring the fringe conspiracy concept of a "deep state" into the mainstream, with the help of his son Donald Jr.

Why 2018 is awash in conspiracies and scandals

by Sarah Horowitz

Our era of scandal is not driven by the occupant in the White House, but by a deeper problem: economic inequality.

Are We Living in the Gilded Age 2.0 ?

by Edward T. O’Donnell

The original Gilded Age was followed by the Progressive Era.  Will ours?

Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage

by Annette Gordon-Reed

For centuries, historians denied Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemings. This exhibit has been a long time coming, but better late than never.

'Something there is that doesn’t love a wall'

by Paul S. Ropp

In the age of drones, airplanes and instantaneous electronic communication, walls are increasingly relics of a bygone era.