Roundup

Why Trump is wrong on 'political correctness'

by Julian Zelizer

The pressure to be politically correct, in his mind, is the cancer that eats away at America.

The Palmer Raids: When Trump’s Grandfather and Wives could have been Profiled

by Juan Cole

The Trumps could have been Palmer’s victims, themselves.

Vote Leave views of Europe’s future are not attractive – if you know your history

by Andrew Dilley

Those who favor Brexit imply it would be followed either by a European superstate or the collapse of the EU. Here's why neither is in UK's interests.

Video of the Week: The entire history of the world’s cities in 3 minutes

by Dana Varinsky

After researchers at Yale published digitized, geocoded data that maps documented urban settlements from 3700 B.C. to 2000 A.D., data enthusiast Max Galka created a visualization of it for Metrocosm.

Poor White Politics

by Nancy Isenberg

Class prejudice has a history at least as old as the Jamestown settlement.

Donald Trump’s Place

by Kevin Baker

A year into his campaign, it’s still not clear exactly where he’s coming from or where he’s going.

Wendell Willkie’s 1940 nomination: When party establishments mattered

by George F. Will

It was the establishment that installed Willkie and it was over the objections of conservatives.

The son of an immigrant resorts to terrorism. It happened a century ago.

by Michael Wolraich

And just like now the incident led to calls for a ban on certain immigrants.

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A problematic diversity of views after Orlando shootings

by Jonathan Zimmerman

The Orlando mass shooting poses uncomfortable issues for both liberals and conservatives.

America’s founders hated general warrants. So why has the government resurrected them?

by Henry Farrell

An interview with Laura Donohue

The split in the Democratic Party: It Goes Way Way Back

by Rick Perlstein

The schism between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders is knit into the DNA of the modern Democratic Party.

Why we’ve been looking at human evolution in the wrong way

by Robert A. Foley

Why being human can't be traced back to hunting, fire or any other single event.

Can Republicans keep the Senate (or at least avoid a bloodbath) even if they lose the presidency?

by KC Johnson

History suggests the answer is yes.

Against Brexit: Europeans—including the British—will increasingly need to collaborate more closely to defend themselves

by Linda Colley

Historically, the comparative peace that Western Europe has enjoyed since 1945 is an aberration and cannot be counted on for the future.

Will Trump’s anti-Latino statements hurt the GOP?

by Eric Schickler

Here’s what we can learn from LBJ and Goldwater.

Orlando and the History of Anti-Gay Violence

by Jim Downs

Sunday was far from the first time mass murder was visited on America’s LGBT community.

A New Way Forward After Orlando

by Max Boot

The way to finally defeat ISIS is not simply by dropping more bombs is to woo Sunnis in Syria and Iraq away from ISIS by offering them a political end-state they can support.

Six things Americans should know about mass shootings

by Frederic Lemieux

Mass shootings aren't limited to the USA. They also took place in 25 other wealthy nations between 1983 and 2013, but the number in the US far surpasses that of any other country.