Roundup

Most people think ‘whiteness’ is innate. They’re wrong: It was created to keep black people from voting.

by Katharine Gerbner

When slaves got close to voting rights, slaveowners changed the rules of the game.

It’s right to condemn Mahmoud Abbas for his antisemitic remarks

by Jonathan Freedland

Supporting someone’s cause also means calling them out when they are wrong. The Palestinian leader’s views on Jews and the Holocaust are unacceptable.

U.S. Soldiers Might Be Stuck in Korea Forever

by Clint Work

As Trump has already discovered, pulling the military from the Peninsula isn't easy.

A Jewish Writer Kept a Secret Diary During the Nazi Occupation of France

by David Ball

It Offers an Important Lesson About History

Trump needs to study up on North Korea's history of duplicity

by Cal Thomas

A good place to start is an essay written by Joshua Muravchik of the American Enterprise Institute for the March 2003 issue of Commentary magazine.

Asperger's Syndrome, the Nazi Regime and the Dangerous Power of Labeling People

by Edith Sheffer

"I was excited to write a positive book about autism and the Third Reich. My first day in the Austrian National Archives in Vienna, however, dispelled any notion of a heroic tale." –  Edith Sheffer

How does Congress have chaplains without violating the separation of church and state?

by Wendy Cadge and Laura R. Olson

And why does the U.S. Congress employ chaplains?  And just what do they do?

My Secret Summer With Stalin’s Daughter

by Grace Kennan Warnecke

In 1967, I was in the middle of one of the world’s buzziest stories.

A Century of Feuding Between Presidents and the Press

by Julian E. Zelizer

Years before it began its annual dinner, the White House Correspondents’ Association started as an effort to hold the president accountable to the press—a mission as urgent as ever.

Learning the History of Lynching Helped Heal My Wounds

by Issac J. Bailey

"I’ve learned you can’t cure a disease you refuse to acknowledge, and it was not until recently that I myself did so fully."

Roundup Top 10!

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

Why George Washington rejected a military parade in his honor (and why Donald Trump should, too)

by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

Of all the precedents the first president set, this is one of his most overlooked — and most important.

How We Solved Fake News the First Time

by Stephen Marche

Since the beginning of the Internet, the unintended consequences of its arrival have been routinely compared to the fallout from the invention of the printing press.

Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too

by Evelyn M. Simien

Between 1880 and 1930, close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South.

Video of the Week: It’s Been 65 Years. Why Hasn’t the Korean War Ended?

by David Botti

After six decades, the Korean War is technically still not over. Here’s what happened – and why it still matters.

What Melania Trump Can Learn From Barbara Bush

by Gil Troy

The late first lady showed how to walk the line between devoted spouse and Washington power player.

The Internet is the new Wheel of Fortune

by Niall Ferguson

Social media has democratized politics, but it can kill an individual's reputation in a nanosecond. 

No Reconciliation Without Truth

by Caleb Gayle

A new museum and lynching memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, constitute a watershed moment in the way America remembers its racist past.

The Hardest Job in the World

by John Dickerson

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

Thank Trump, or You’ll Be Sorry

by Diana Butler Bass

He got angry recently that people didn’t credit him with breaking ISIS. Here’s why.