Roundup

How the Right Gets Reagan Wrong

by Henry Olsen

And what will happen if they don't start getting him right.

Confederate Monuments and the Forgotten Warning of a Crisis to Come

by Ibram X. Kendi

Not every aspect of that heritage and history is well known.

Monumental Rubbish: With the Statues Torn Down, What Next for New Orleans?

by Adolph Reed Jr.

The city is unquestionably better for ridding itself of these symbols of white supremacy, but a focus on the past must not sidestep the need to confront what actually reproduces inequality in the present.

Watergate didn’t become Watergate overnight, either

by Frank Rich

Trump’s implosion is more likely to occur before there’s an impeachment vote on the floor of the House — as was the case with Nixon.

Sacrificing Black Lives for the American Lie

by Ibram X. Kendi

Fifty years ago, some Americans blamed the “rioters” who rebelled and were killed by the police in nearly 130 cities for their own deaths.

Why did ISIS blow up the mosque in Mosul?

by Kishwar Rizvi

It was following a tradition established by Saudi Arabia.

What happens when the federal government eliminates health coverage?

by Simon Haeder

Lessons from the past.

A book for straight people that explains that gay marriage was hugely controversial even for gays

by Andrew Sullivan

What resolved the gay divide, in the end, was the religious right.

African Americans Have Lost Untold Acres of Land Over the Last Century

by Leah Douglas

An obscure legal loophole is often to blame.

Mitch McConnell Refused to Meet With Group That Funded His Polio Recovery

by Jesse Hicks

He received treatments as a child at FDR’s Warm Springs. But turned his back on the March of Dimes when they came calling.

Comparing Donald Trump to Richard Nixon is unfair — to Nixon

by Max Boot

Watergate was about a domestic political break-in. Kremlingate is far darker and more consequential.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Video of the Week: The White Artist Who Painted Black Folk

by Scott Rensberger

Her name was Ruth Starr Rose. You haven’t heard of her for a reason.

Donald Trump’s Half-Baked Cold War Revival in Cuba Is the Worst of Both Worlds

by Ronald Radosh

The change will push the remaining American tourists into the cruise-ship tours that work to give travelers a distorted rosy picture of Cuba.

How Did Health Care Get to Be Such a Mess?

by Christy Ford Chapin

The problem with American health care is not the care. It’s the insurance.

American slavery: Separating fact from myth

by Daina Ramey Berry

People think they know everything about slavery in the United States, but they don’t.

Who in the White House Will Turn Against Donald Trump?

by David Remnick

While Trump’s personality is different from Nixon’s, there is little evidence that the show of bogus loyalty performed last week has any basis in real life.

Watergate Fueled Conspiracy Theories, Too

by David Greenberg

Both today and back in the 1970s, defenders of the president wove wacky tales to explain away wrongdoing. And the myths just kept going.

Mike Lee’s bad history: Utah senator’s book is an ignorant hodgepodge concocted to justify the modern GOP

by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

Sen. Mike Lee's terrible book tries to reboot some of America's founding fathers as modern-day Republicans.

The Normalization of Conspiracy Culture

by Adrienne LaFrance

People who share dangerous ideas don’t necessarily believe them.