Roundup: Historians' Take

Germany’s Great Tuition Fees U-turn

by Howard Hotson

Could England force a similar reversal?

Fascism, Russia, and Ukraine

by Timothy Snyder

The Ukrainian government is telling itself that its opponents are Jews and us that its opponents are Nazis.

Documenting Darkness

by Tom Engelhardt

How a thug state operates.

Ukraine’s Promise of Peace Overtaken by Fresh Tragedy

by Timothy Snyder

Tuesday was the day that the Ukrainian parliament was supposed to begin discussions on the basic constitutional change needed.

Misremembering Vietnam

by Nick Turse

The Vietnam War Commemoration fails to acknowledge the terrible civilian casualties of Vietnam.

From California to Chicago, A Call for Unionized Universities

by Elizabeth Tandy Shermer

The state research university, that hallmark of America’s egalitarian promise, is at a crossroads.

Nixon Still Runs the GOP

by Robert A. Slayton

Many believe that Reagan or Goldwater founded modern conservatism. But it's Nixon whose legacy truly lives on.

The Presidents on the Presidents

by Jon Meacham

A look at how residents of the Oval Office consider their predecessors.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Renaissance

by Mark K. Updegrove

Despite his titanic role in America’s quest for civil rights, the greatest domestic movement of the Twentieth Century, LBJ has been largely underappreciated—even ignored—until recently.

Drone Killing the Fifth Amendment

by Peter Van Buren

How to build a post-constitutional America one death at a time.

What Would Lincoln Do?

by Richard Brookhiser

Modern-day leaders could learn a lot from our 16th president.

How the North Ended Up on Top of the Map

by Nick Danforth

A cartographic history of what’s up.

In the Darkness of Dick Cheney

by Mark Danner

The smile of secret power.

The Talibanization of Hindu History in India

by Jon Wiener

Indian history is in thrall to Hindu ultranationalists.

Barack Obama: Whig in the White House?

by Robert W. Merry

Just what lessons can be learned from the brief history of the Whig Party for today, anyway?

East Asia's Dangerous History Wars

by Rajan Menon

China and Japan butt heads over the lessons of World War I.

The Origin of 'Liberalism'

by Daniel Klein

When Adam Smith and a group of fellow Scots first used the word in a political sense, it meant something very different than it does today.

Black History Month Isn't Making Life Better for Black Americans

by Theodore R. Johnson

Heroes like Frederick Douglass and Rosa Parks feel like characters in a novel—a world away from the clicking locks and nervous glances that plague millions of ordinary people.

From Lincoln to Obama, the Value of Peace Talks

by James B. Conroy

A century and a half ago, a recalcitrant alliance of the same improbable ilk caused literally fatal consequences.

History Lessons, With Popcorn, for America's Undergraduates

by Zach Messitte

Recent movies have helped shape how today's students view the past.