New perspectives on how history is made
We shouldn’t miss the parallels between the near-miss of the Populists in the 1890s and Trump’s 2016 campaign.
This history poses lessons for those of us contemplating the issue of the Electoral College in the wake of the most recent election.
While the Sand Creek massacre has been the subject of numerous books, much less attention has been given to two heroes of this horrific event: U.S. soldiers Captain Silas Soule and Lt. Joseph Cramer.
How he fought to preserve Alabama’s long history of separate and unequal education.
Our fixation on diversity cost us this election — and more.
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
Operation Wetback didn’t merely enforce immigration law—it enforced the idea that American citizens are white.
And why there's no likely way to get rid of the Electoral College.
Nell Irvin Painter is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and the author of “The History of White People.”
Small states and voter disinterest doom these efforts every time.
What he got right about American democracy.
Trump's use of the term could mean several different things.
If gender was going to be the determining factor, this was the election where it should happen.
If he follows through on his erratic statements, he could manage to alienate Russia, the Gulf monarchies, the EU, and Iran.
They couldn't be more wrong.
He's right that DC is corrupt. He's the wrong solution.
As someone who's spent his near-50-year career working on the Middle East, the notion that ignorance makes for better diplomacy is pretty depressing.
We liberals need to try much harder to understand the millions of our fellow citizens who cast ballots for Donald Trump.
Neoliberalism is killing them (literally).
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