Roundup

The Long History of Botched Mass Deportations

by Candida Moss

Donald Trump is far from the first to use forced migration as a political cudgel, but he may want to learn about how it has often backfired.

Will This Be a Four-Party Election?

by Ted Widmer

Sometimes third parties invigorate the major parties with new ideas. Sometimes they bring them crashing down.

England’s Forgotten Muslim History

by Jerry Brotton

Isolated from Europe, Elizabeth I turned to the Islamic world.

When Donald Meets Hillary

by James Fallows

Who will win the debates? Trump’s approach was an important part of his strength in the primaries. But will it work when he faces Clinton onstage?

Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us

by Ken Burns

It is more than a repository of a people’s history. It is an opportunity.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Pop Culture Roundup

This Week:  Armageddon, a kiss, black freedom fighters, Amos and Andy, Mel Gibson and more.

Infographic of the Week: The Real Cost of the War on Drugs

A chronological account in pictures of the war on drugs and the toll it's taken.

The State of the Presidential Debate

by Jill Lepore

How should candidates—and voters—argue about politics?

Is Trump an Aberration?

by Aviva Chomsky

The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”

Another Obama Apology Tour?

by Max Boot

It’s true that on Tuesday the president didn’t actually apologize in Laos for American actions in the 1960s, but he danced right up to the line.

Finding My Own Truth As Poland Rewrites Holocaust History

by Tamara Micner

Do Jews and Poles want to perpetuate narratives that deny the differences within Polish society during World War II? Or do we want to heal?

We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People

by Bill Moyers

Saving the Soul of Democracy

15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

by Juan Cole

Making sure the Constitution and our rights are strong is the best way of honoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Portrait of an occupation: Human rights of the settler

by Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon

State-sanctioned ethnic cleansing and human rights violations are what enabled the Jewish settlers to occupy lands.

Was the E.R.A.’s Defeat Really a Loss for Feminism?

Did feminists win even though the E.R.A. was defeated? A New York Times roundtable.

History tells us that the Calais wall would not be fit for purpose

by Sean Lang

Incredibly, 27 years after the world celebrated the fall of the detested Berlin Wall, barriers are back in fashion.

Xi Jinping’s Authoritarianism Does a Disservice to China’s Nuanced Political Tradition

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess

Depicting China’s people as inheritors of a single set of values, rather than individuals shaped by and able to draw on many strands of indigenous culture, is wrong.

The Virtue of an Educated Voter

by Alan Taylor

The Founders believed that a well-informed electorate preserves our fragile democracy and benefits American society as a whole. We are dangerously far from their vision today. 

Roundup Top 10!

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