Roundup

Trump Tears Down LBJ’s Great Society Piece by Piece

by Christina Greer

How the Trump election commission could corrode our civil rights from within.

The whole point of Confederate monuments is to celebrate white supremacy

by Karen L. Cox

Confederate statues "served to rehabilitate white men — not as the losers of a war but, as a monument in Charlotte states, preservers of 'the Anglo-Saxon civilization of the South.' ”

Forward to Yesteryear! Get Ready for the New Gilded Age

by Bernard A. Weisberger

The reel of Trumpian “reforms” always spins backward.

The Historical Roots of the Current North Korea Crisis

by Suzy Kim

There’s a way out of the confrontation with North Korea.

The Vulgar Manliness of Donald Trump

by Harvey Mansfield

The Greeks and the Founders feared men like the president, and with good reason.

The Civil War, race and the whitewashing of history

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The vast majority of Confederate memorials — including the Lee statue in Charlottesville — were erected in the early 20th century.

Who Will Tell Your Story? Probably Not Donald Trump.

by Tim Murphy

Our national monuments are in his hands now.

Making Affirmative Action White Again

by Ira Katznelson

Any decision to reorient the Civil Rights Division would be based on the fiction that we already possess a level playing field.

What to do with Confederate statues?

by James Glaser

Could Russia teach us something about how to deal with difficult aspects of our national history?

The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem

by Nick Turse

The Department of Defense has trained more than a hundred foreign militaries that went on to stage coups in their home countries.

If an Iranian president talked like Trump we’d think them all nut cases

by Juan Cole

Now it is America’s turn to be ridiculed for having a madman as a president.

The Liberal Crackup

by Mark Lilla

Liberals should reject the divisive, zero-sum politics of identity and find their way back to a unifying vision of the common good.

Who’s benefiting from affirmative action?

by Jonathan Zimmerman

White men.

‘McCarthyism’ Is Wildly Overused—but this Higgins Memo Is the Real Deal

by Ronald Radosh

For Tail-Gunner Joe, it was liberals and communists; for the fired NSC staffer—and for Steve Bannon and others—it’s the left and Islamists. But the attack is exactly the same.

The Two Andrew Jacksons

by Michael Kazin

Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.

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

White Supremacy in the Age of Trump

by Keri Leigh Merritt

Never forget that this country has a long history of upper-class whites using racism to their advantage.

How the White House's Immigration Reforms Might Backfire

by Tom Gjelten

Social engineering through immigration policy isn’t simple—and such efforts often produce dramatic, unintended consequences.

The Real History of American Immigration

by Joshua Zeitz

Trump's break with tradition may be good or bad, but it's definitely different.

When a Candidate Conspired With a Foreign Power to Win An Election

by John A. Farrell

It took decades to unravel Nixon’s sabotage of Vietnam peace talks. Now, the full story can be told.