Roundup

Harvard's Communist Uprising, 50 Years Later

by Daniel Pipes

That takeover and bust culminated my political education.

People Used to Hate the Electoral College for Very Different Reasons

by Justin Fox

A half-century ago, the House voted to replace the Electoral College with a direct vote and the Senate came close. The arguments made then are enlightening.

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

How Trump finally turned Republicans against McCarthyism

by Jonathan Zimmerman

After nearly 70 years, Republicans have stopped defending Joe McCarthy.

The Electoral College Was Not a Pro-Slavery Ploy

by Sean Wilentz

There is a lot wrong with how we choose the president. But the framers did not put it into the Constitution to protect the South.

2 Minutes and Counting

by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

Crises that seemed contained not long ago have now spiraled out of control—and the prospects for resolving them peacefully look depressingly bleak.

How Reconstruction Still Shapes American Racism

by Henry Lewis Gates, Jr.

Regardless of its brevity, Reconstruction remains one of the most pivotal eras in the history of race relations in American history —­ and probably the most misunderstood.

The Story We've Been Told About America's National Parks Is Incomplete

by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

The national park system has long been lauded as “America’s greatest idea,” but only relatively recently has it begun to be more deeply questioned.

Are the Humanities History?

by Michael Massing

In the brave new world that is emerging, the humanities will have a critical part to play—provided that they themselves can adapt to it.

Waking Up to History

by Margaret Renkl

At new museums, the past is finally becoming more than the story of men and wars.

The truth about the "campus free speech" crusade and its myths that won't die

by Jim Sleeper

While critics of college "snowflakes" prop up a fake crisis, even "good liberals" misunderstand student outbursts.

The Real Roots of ‘Black Capitalism’

by Mehrsa Baradaran

Nixon’s solution for racial ghettos was tax breaks and incentives, not economic justice.

Video of the Week: inside look at PBS's Reconstruction: America After the Civil War

See how our past affects our present with this inside look of Reconstruction with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Reconstruction: America After the Civil War.

Roundup Top 10!

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

The death of the Robert Mueller myth and the liberal ‘field of dreams'

by James Sleeper

Those who longed for a quick, dramatic Trump takedown have seen their hopes crushed. Time to face the truth.

What if Churchill Had Been Prime Minister in 1919?

by Andrew Roberts

More than most, he understood the grave challenges facing the West at the end of World War I.

Want to unify the country? A community organizer and a Klan leader showed us how.

by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

In the midst of the identity crisis we face as a nation, the organizing tradition that Ann Atwater embodied is the strong medicine we need.

The 47-Minute Presidency

by Tom Engelhardt

The 47 minutes that define Trump's presidency and why they are worth revisiting. 

Video of the Week: Michael Beschloss on the Mueller Report

Historian Michael Beschloss discusses the historic conclusion of the Mueller Report and why he says William Barr is 'not exactly coming at this as a neutral broker.'

Turning Our Backs on Nuremberg

by Rebecca Gordon

John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court