Roundup

Is Donald Trump a Fascist?

by Jeffrey Herf

The short answer is “no,” but there’s plenty of room for discomfort.

Crying Trump

by Jill Lepore

To be fair, it’s not hard to understand why it took the G.O.P. and much of the press so long, too long, to take Donald Trump’s candidacy seriously. Many times before, he flirted with running, and, each time, he quit. His bids were stunts.

What Hillary Clinton Can Learn From David Duke

by Jonathan Zimmerman

Duke's 1991 run for governor in Louisiana pushed Democrats and Republicans into an unlikely alliance.

Nancy Reagan's Role in the Disastrous War on Drugs

by Tony Newman

President Reagan's drug war began the mass incarceration of blacks.  It was a disaster. 

Three Times When the World Broke Open -- and Two When It Might Again

by Mark Engler and Paul Engler

In Praise of Impractical Movements

Toppling monuments to oppressors is an American tradition

by Ken Lawrence

We did it with George III statues as soon as the Revolution began.

Ronald Reagan’s Protector

by Jacob Weisberg

Nancy Reagan was the greatest guardian of her husband’s reputation.

Trump supporter's lies about the KKK are standard GOP talking points

by Ian Reifowitz

We must push back against the constant lies issued by Republicans en masse—and this goes beyond Jeffrey Lord or even Trump—about the KKK, racism, and progressives.

The Pro-Life Movement’s Liberal Argument

by Daniel K. Williams

Pro-lifers have argued that in order for the state to protect women’s health – a goal that directly stems from the Progressive movement and that modern liberals often claim as their own – laws restricting allegedly unsafe abortion clinics are necessary.

The Myth of Joe Kennedy’s Bootlegging

by Noah Rothbaum

No matter how many trysts JFK had or how much he drank, his habits paled in comparison to his father Joe’s alleged activities during Prohibition.

Video of the Week: Confessions of a Republican

LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial

Is this the end of the West as we know it?

by Anne Applebaum

We are faced with the real possibility of Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump, which means we have to take seriously the possibility of a President Trump.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Social Media News: What Historians Are Talking About

This week ... Trump, Trump, and more Trump.  

Pop Culture Roundup: This Week

This week ... Samantha Bee on Black History Month, CNN series on past campaigns, Clarence Thomas movie, documentary about the last man on the moon, and more. 

Infographic of the Week: The planet’s history of violence over 4,000 years in one simple map

Search the interactive map to see where major battles in history have occurred and the 'bloodiest' parts of the world.

Temps, Consultants, and the Rise of the Precarious Economy

by Louis Hyman

Today, scholars and critics are all abuzz about “precarious” work. Instead of a job for life with General Motors or AT&T, we now have many jobs either in sequence or, increasingly, all at once.

The cult of memory: when history does more harm than good

by David Rieff

Why we are wrong to believe we should remember the past.

Don’t be fooled: Lindsey Graham & GOP Establishment just as Crazy as Trump

by Juan Cole

Graham and many other members of the Republican Establishment are blind to the ways in which the Trump stances they call crazy are mostly simply explicit statements of what they say with dog-whistles.

The Supreme Court Nomination and the Politics of Checks and Balances

by Marc Stein

The Constitution is designed so that in general the president and Senate can be checked by a Supreme Court dominated by their predecessors’ appointees.