Roundup

Is America Still a ‘Nation of Ideas’?

by Jedediah Purdy

Warring tribes or united by principle: Donald Trump’s presidency forces a question we haven’t had to answer in generations.

Video of the Week: Dick Cavett’s Vietnam

Examine the Vietnam War and its impact through interviews on “The Dick Cavett Show.”

The Man the Presidency Changed

by Scott S. Greenberger

What a forgotten commander in chief can teach Donald Trump.

How 9/11 triggered democracy’s decline

by Jeremi Suri

The attack spawned wars to export democracy abroad, while degrading it at home.

The cost of coastal capitalism: How greedy developers left Miami ripe for destruction

by Andrew W. Kahrl

Building on vulnerable coastlines isn't about ignorance or hubris — it's about profit.

Remembering Our KKK Past

by Jane Dailey

A dark moment in American history offers lessons for the present.

Rules for Radicals

by Alan Wolfe

A right-wing economist’s plan to rig democracy for the rich.

How a Court Answered a Forgotten Question of Slavery’s Legacy

by Arica L. Coleman

The question was whether black slaves held by the Cherokee are entitled to the rights of the Cherokee. The answer is yes.

America must listen to its prisoners before we make a major mistake

by Heather Ann Thompson

We’re in danger of repeating the mistake we made after Attica when we let prison reforms fizzle.

The CIA's Tortured Historical Amnesia

by Kristie Macrakis

What to do about it.

The South Doesn’t Own Slavery

by Tiya Miles

Rooting out racial injustice only in former Confederate States ignores our country’s true history.

Antifa Says It’s Fighting Fascists. It Just Might Be Helping to Re-Elect Donald Trump.

by Ronald Radosh

The German Reds had the slogan ‘After Hitler, Us,’ and used their energy and propaganda not against the Nazis, but against the mainstream socialists. It didn’t end well.

The Myth of Deep Throat

by Max Holland

Mark Felt wasn’t out to protect American democracy and the rule of law; he was out to get a promotion.

The Pentagon's New Wonder Weapons For World Dominion

by Alfred W. McCoy

Or Buck Rogers in the 21st Century

God and the Gridiron Game

by Paul Putz and Hunter Hampton

America's obsession with football is nearly as old as the game itself.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Will Trump lower the nuclear bar?

by George F. Will

Ten months after Nov. 8, that day’s costs, until now largely aesthetic, are suddenly, although not altogether unpredictably, more serious than were perhaps contemplated by his 62,984,825 voters.

The First White President

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.

The Nixon Question

by Garry Wills

Those are the times when we seek out something—anything—with enough similarity to the new person or thing, to guess what we are dealing with. Nixon comes to mind when thinking about Trump.

The Preacher Whose Statue Was Booted for Reagan

by Gil Troy

A decade ago, the anti-slavery preacher Thomas Starr King was removed from the Capitol and replaced by Ronald Reagan. Maybe his statue should be placed in a certain white house.