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

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A problematic diversity of views after Orlando shootings

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The Orlando mass shooting poses uncomfortable issues for both liberals and conservatives.

Westway, New York’s Great Highway That Never Was

by Gil Troy

The idea was to transform four miles of the West Side into one hundred acres of urban parkland that would embrace houses, shops, and offices—with a six-lane highway underneath. But Westway never happened.

America’s founders hated general warrants. So why has the government resurrected them?

by Henry Farrell

An interview with Laura Donohue

The split in the Democratic Party: It Goes Way Way Back

by Rick Perlstein

The schism between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is knit into the DNA of the modern Democratic Party.

Why we’ve been looking at human evolution in the wrong way

by Robert A. Foley

Why being human can't be traced back to hunting, fire or any other single event.

Will Trump’s anti-Latino statements hurt the GOP?

by Eric Schickler

Here’s what we can learn from LBJ and Goldwater.

Orlando and the History of Anti-Gay Violence

by Jim Downs

Sunday was far from the first time mass murder was visited on America’s LGBT community.

A New Way Forward After Orlando

by Max Boot

The way to finally defeat ISIS is not simply by dropping more bombs is to woo Sunnis in Syria and Iraq away from ISIS by offering them a political end-state they can support.

Can Republicans keep the Senate (or at least avoid a bloodbath) even if they lose the presidency?

by KC Johnson

History suggests the answer is yes.

Why Trump Now? It’s the Empire, Stupid

by Greg Grandin

Empire allowed the United States to avoid a true reckoning with the social problems, such as poverty, inequality, racism, crime and punishment, and domestic violence, caused by America’s brand of largely unfettered capitalism.

Six things Americans should know about mass shootings

by Frederic Lemieux

Mass shootings aren't limited to the USA. They also took place in 25 other wealthy nations between 1983 and 2013, but the number in the US far surpasses that of any other country.

Video of the Week: Where the Top Leaders of the United States Were Supposed to Take Refuge in the Event of Nuclear War

by Scott Rensberger

They call it a bunker, but it sits underneath one of the most splendid hotels ever built. 

Can North Carolin'a HB2 anti-transgender law be challenged using Title VII?

by Katherine Turk

The answer is probably not, alas.  Why?  Employers have weathered the civil rights revolution by accepting a definition of equality that does not require them to do much beyond treat workers interchangeably. 

Roundup Top 10!

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

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Crimes of the War on Terror

by Rebecca Gordon

Should George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Others Be Jailed?