Roundup

How the Right Gets Reagan Wrong

by Henry Olsen

And what will happen if they don't start getting him right.

How the GOP Turned Against Medicaid

by Joshua Zeitz

It began as a modest, bipartisan program to help poor children. But as America’s economy hollowed out, Medicaid grew—and Republicans came to oppose it.

What pundits and politicians have gotten wrong about inequality

by Destin Jenkins

A historian explains the broader dimensions of the wealth gap  –  and how race plays a role. 

Confederate Monuments and the Forgotten Warning of a Crisis to Come

by Ibram X. Kendi

Not every aspect of that heritage and history is well known.

Watergate didn’t become Watergate overnight, either

by Frank Rich

Trump’s implosion is more likely to occur before there’s an impeachment vote on the floor of the House — as was the case with Nixon.

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

by Leah Douglas

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Mitch McConnell Refused to Meet With Group That Funded His Polio Recovery

by Jesse Hicks

He received treatments as a child at FDR’s Warm Springs. But turned his back on the March of Dimes when they came calling.

Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie

by Ibram X. Kendi

Fifty years ago, some Americans blamed the “rioters” who rebelled and were killed by the police in nearly 130 cities for their own deaths.

Why did ISIS blow up the mosque in Mosul?

by Kishwar Rizvi

It was following a tradition established by Saudi Arabia.

Comparing Donald Trump to Richard Nixon is unfair — to Nixon

by Max Boot

Watergate was about a domestic political break-in. Kremlingate is far darker and more consequential.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Donald Trump’s Half-Baked Cold War Revival in Cuba Is the Worst of Both Worlds

by Ronald Radosh

The change will push the remaining American tourists into the cruise-ship tours that work to give travelers a distorted rosy picture of Cuba.

Video of the Week: The White Artist Who Painted Black Folk

by Scott Rensberger

Her name was Ruth Starr Rose. You haven’t heard of her for a reason.

How Did Health Care Get to Be Such a Mess?

by Christy Ford Chapin

The problem with American health care is not the care. It’s the insurance.

American slavery: Separating fact from myth

by Daina Ramey Berry

People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t.

Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump?

by David Remnick

While Trump’s personality is different from Nixon’s, there is little evidence that the show of bogus loyalty performed last week has any basis in real life.

The Woodstein Tapes

by Max Holland

The director of All the President's Men interviewed Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for eight hours. He recorded everything.

Watergate Fueled Conspiracy Theories, Too

by David Greenberg

Both today and back in the 1970s, defenders of the president wove wacky tales to explain away wrongdoing. And the myths just kept going.

Mike Lee’s bad history: Utah senator’s book is an ignorant hodgepodge concocted to justify the modern GOP

by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Sen. Mike Lee's terrible book tries to reboot some of America's founding fathers as modern-day Republicans.

The Normalization of Conspiracy Culture

by Adrienne LaFrance

People who share dangerous ideas don’t necessarily believe them.