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David Frum: There’s a Word for What Trumpism Is Becoming

"Why do people sign up with the putschists after the putsch has failed? They’re betting that the failed putsch is not the past—it’s the future."

Remembering Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, and his Merciless Roasting of David Duke

Edwin Edwards saved the state of Louisiana by attacking Duke as a hateful bigot, winning office despite a record of corruption. 

9/11 Museum’s 20th-Anniversary Exhibitions Become Victims of Cuts

The budget crunch has also forced furloughs and layoffs of staff as the museum pulls back to focus on its core exhibit. 

Abolish the Olympics

Natalie Shure argues that the Games impose too many costs on their host cities to justify a short-lived athletic spectacle. 

First It Was Sex Ed. Now It’s Critical Race Theory

Republican attacks on cultural issues within America’s public schools follow a familiar pattern.

Far-Right Activists Protest with Confederate Flags at UNC’s Unsung Founders Memorial

Two white supremacists picketed the University of North Carolina's memorial to the free and enslaved Black workers who built the university, the latest incident of racial tension on the campus. 

CRT: How to Manufacture a Moral Panic

"When an educator exposes the racism that lurks within this nation, they often find themselves at the mercy of an onslaught from the right."

Texas Lawmakers Take Aim At Critical Race Theory

"Democratic Senator Nathan Johnson says since critical race theory isn't actually taught in Texas public schools, the push for bills opposing it is all politics."

How White Newspapers Helped Keep Down Black America

White-owned newspapers – northern, southern, midwestern or western – frequently inflamed racial tensions and contributed to racist political violence and disenfranchisement. 

The Republican Party of Virginia isn't Happy with Larry Sabato's Tweets

"Offering a response to Anderson’s criticism, Sabato tweeted Thursday night: 'Thanks to the Republicans for the hearty laugh you’ve given me...There goes my reserved seat at your next #insurrection'."

German Museum Repatriates Lakota Chief’s Shirt, Citing ‘Moral and Ethical Reasons’

Duane Hollow Horn Bear had visited the Weltkulturen Museum in 2019 and submitted a request for the shirt’s return that included a historic portrait photograph, dated to 1900, by John Alvin Anderson.

Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue at Center of White Nationalist Rally

“I’m really happy it’s a boring morning, and boring means that no bad things happened,” says UVA historian John Edwin Mason.

Germany Apologized for a Genocide. It’s Nowhere Near Enough

by Kavena Hambira and Miriam Gleckman-Krut

"To begin to atone for its Namibian genocide, Germany must negotiate directly with descendants of survivors — and commit to wide-ranging reparations."

How Democrats Lost the Courts

"Some Democrats are starting to suspect that the story is simpler: They’ve been chumps. They have clung to norms Republicans long ago abandoned. They have championed moderates in order to appeal to their enemies, only to watch those moderates twist in the wind."

What Euro 2020 Has Revealed About Englishness

Sporting teams are one of the few officially English, as opposed to British, institutions. The national team's multiracial composition and embrace of social and political causes may be advancing a more inclusive form of Englishness. 

Obituary: Henry Parham, Last of A Black Unit that Fought at D-Day, Dies at 99

“'We landed in water up to our necks,' Mr. Parham said, recalling a shorter man in his unit who had to be carried onto the beach because the water was over his head and he couldn’t swim."

Chicago Versus Lake Michigan

The history of Chicago is defined by efforts to tame water for navigation, sanitation, and drinking. Climate change is raising the stakes of that battle. 

When Holocaust Education Meets Critical Race Theory: A Partisan History Debate Unfolds In Louisiana

The bill, which died in the Senate, appeared to be motivated by the desire to equate the plight of conservative Louisianans, allegedly beseiged by "critical race theory," with that of European Jews during the ascendancy of Nazism. 

Nikole Hannah-Jones Issues Statement After Passing Up UNC for Howard University

“I cannot imagine working at and advancing a school named for a man who lobbied against me, who used his wealth to influence the hires and ideology of the journalism school, who ignored my 20 years of journalism experience, all of my credentials, all of my work, because he believed that a project that centered Black Americans equaled the denigration of white Americans."

A Story Of War, Theft And A Beautiful Woman, Back In The U.S. After 70+ Years

Botticelli's portrait of Simonetta Vespucci had a wild ride through World War II, including being stored in a Nazi salt mine.