Roundup

How a Russian Fascist Is Meddling in America’s Election

by Timothy Snyder

The antidemocratic ideas of Ivan Ilyin are guiding the Kremlin’s interference in U.S. presidential politics.

Infographic of the Week: The Cost of U.S. Wars Then and Now

How the wars of the 21st Century compare with the wars of our past.

How Much Latent Sexism Is Out There?

by Ellen Fitzpatrick

For much of the twentieth century, that opposition remained robust, with some 40 percent of Americans polled affirming as late as 1969 that they would not vote for a woman President.

Remember Working-Class Feminism!

by Thomas J. Sugrue

Most feminists aren’t on campuses demanding safe spaces. They’re getting up at 6 a.m. and heading to underpaid, “pink-collar” jobs.

There’s No Debate

by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship

The candidates and the media have thoroughly corrupted the presidential debates. Our democracy deserves better. There's still time for a change.

Are we in for an October Surprise?

by Julian Zelizer

On the rare occasions when October Surprises have happened, they have not really impacted the outcome of the election.

Video of the Week: Television and Elections - Eisenhower, JFK & The Makings of the Celebrity President

Television has been integral to Presidential elections since the 1950s.

The Long History of Botched Mass Deportations

by Candida Moss

Donald Trump is far from the first to use forced migration as a political cudgel, but he may want to learn about how it has often backfired.

Will This Be a Four-Party Election?

by Ted Widmer

Sometimes third parties invigorate the major parties with new ideas. Sometimes they bring them crashing down.

England’s Forgotten Muslim History

by Jerry Brotton

Isolated from Europe, Elizabeth I turned to the Islamic world.

When Donald Meets Hillary

by James Fallows

Who will win the debates? Trump’s approach was an important part of his strength in the primaries. But will it work when he faces Clinton onstage?

Why the African American history museum belongs to all of us

by Ken Burns

It is more than a repository of a people’s history. It is an opportunity.

Roundup Top 10!

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

Pop Culture Roundup

This Week:  Armageddon, a kiss, black freedom fighters, Amos and Andy, Mel Gibson and more.

Infographic of the Week: The Real Cost of the War on Drugs

A chronological account in pictures of the war on drugs and the toll it's taken.

Is Trump an Aberration?

by Aviva Chomsky

The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”

The Year of the American Woman?

by Manisha Sinha

Trump’s unadulterated sexist criticisms of Hillary questioning her “mental capacity,” “physical stramina,” and recently claiming that she does not look Presidential, evoke arguments made by anti-suffragists nearly a century ago. 

The State of the Presidential Debate

by Jill Lepore

How should candidates—and voters—argue about politics?

Is Trump an Aberration?

by Aviva Chomsky

The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”

American Radicals and the Change We Could Believe In

by Eric Foner

The Obama era reminded us all that popular movements play an essential role as catalysts for political action, but Obama himself, unlike Eugene V. Debs, may not have understood this.