Roundup

Woodrow Wilson, Race, and the Depravity of Human Nature

by Barry Hankins

If the controversy over Wilson results in a heightened awareness that all our heroes are flawed, it will be a debate worth having.

Emperor Weather

by Tom Engelhardt

Turning Up the Heat on History

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

by Leon Fink

American radicalism can’t be confined within US borders.

Woodrow Wilson's other problem

by Chad Pearson

Three of his key supporters favored the open shop, the union-busting position of conservative business interests. 

Transforming Higher Education

by Steven M. Gillon

We face a paradox in the 21st century: We desperately need an educated workforce to fill jobs that are increasingly skilled and technological; yet we are making earning a college degree less attainable.

Woodrow Wilson Was More Racist Than Wilsonianism

by David Milne

America’s 28th president reversed racial progress at home. But internationally he was ahead of his time.

Why the 2016 Election Will Be One of the Most Pivotal Moments of Our Time

by Sean Wilentz

Every four years the contending political parties describe the impending presidential election as a great historic event – and every once in a while it's true. As Wilentz explains, you can blame Nixon. 

Planned Parenthood attack is domestic terrorism

by Johanna Schoen

It is high time we understand this kind of violence and call it what it is: domestic terrorism.

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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

Paris, Trump, Planned Parenthood, Israelis-Palestinians, and more. 

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Beyond ISIS

by Andrew J. Bacevich

The Folly of World War IV

How the NRA is harming American Security

by Juan Cole

Mass Shootings as Serial Terrorism

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pulpit

by Matthew Wills

FDR spoke directly to the American people using a language both he and they knew well.

Hitler’s Plan to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill—at the Same Time

by David Brown

During World War II, heads of state were on high alert for assassination attempts.

Student protesters more akin to Puritans

by Niall Ferguson

"Are the protesters “little Robespierres,” thirsting to tear up the constitutional guarantee of free speech? Are they pathetic products of lifelong mollycoddling, who just can’t cope with challenging ideas?"

Donald Trump May Not Be a Fascist, But He is Leading Us Merrily Down That Path

by David Neiwert

In some ways, it makes him more dangerous than if he were a fascist, because it disguises the swastika looming in the shadow of the flamboyant orange hair.

The Key to Henry Kissinger’s Success

by Graham Allison

The statesman understood something most diplomats don’t: history—and how to apply it.

The Perennial Re-Discovery of the Black Intellectual

by Jonathan Holloway

So much of their work is dedicated to insisting that they even exist.

Dead, White, and Blue

by Barbara Ehrenreich

The Great Die-Off of America's Blue Collar Whites