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The Implications of Voiding the Iran Nuclear Deal

by William R. Polk

Even if it is not immediately a world at war, it will be a sort of concentration camp of terror, enervating fear of accident or design, of death and destruction.

Trump Nixes Iran Deal: What Historians Are Saying

Tweets, retweets, and commentary. 

Why Are the Green Berets Now Operating on the Saudi Border with Yemen?

by Jeremy Kuzmarov

It's because imperial ambitions are once again driving large countries to decide the fate of small ones.

HNN's Student Research Paper Contest: And the Winner Is ....

by David L. O'Connor

Ibrahim Mammodov of Brooklyn Technical High School in New York for his paper, "Zoroastrian Revivalism and the Rise and Fall of the Khurramite Movement."

The Great Thing the Allies Did as Germany Crumbled

by William Lambers

They decided to feed the starving children.

Stuart Eizenstat Remembers the Carter Years Differently than Most People

by Chris Riback

The Carter White House advisor argues his case in his newly-published memoirs.

Monticello Claims to Have Found Sally Hemings’s Room. Is This True?

by M. Andrew Holowchak and Vivienne Kelley

No one knows. But because sex fascinates and it sells, Monticello is ripping up floors and preparing to establish a new tourist attraction.

We Shouldn’t Be Shocked by Russia’s Laundering of Information Through Fake Facebook Accounts

by Ann Pfau

In 1940 the Nazis adopted similar tactics.

It’s 2018 and Still High Schools Aren’t Teaching World History?

by Jeremy Greene

They call it world history, but it’s really just Western Civ. Case study: Massachusetts.

The Founders Worried too, About Foreign Meddling in Our Elections

by Jeanne Abrams

John Adams went so far as to advocate the holding of fewer elections on the grounds that would give foreigners less opportunity to interfere.

Memories of Life in a Small Town in the 1920s

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

A centarian looks back.

Trade Wars Don’t Have a Good Track Record

by Suzy Evans

Case in point: Jefferson’s embargo of France and Great Britain.

Do We Really Need a National Day of Prayer?

by Michael Anthony Novak

Yes, we do.

Donald Trump’s Mocking the Disabled Again

by Richard E. Frankel

It’s time for yet another lesson from German history.

The Story of the Queen Who Was Written Out of History by Centuries of Male Scholars

by Nancy Goldstone

Her name was Elizabeth Stuart.  Netflix and PBS viewers of "The Crown" and "Victoria," please take note:  without the Winter Queen and her daughter there would be no Elizabeth II or Victoria to binge-watch.

How Many Presidents Have Lied About Their Medical History?

by Rick Shenkman

Once again a president has been caught misleading the public about their health. In this Donald Trump is not unique.

At a Time Like This We Need more Truth Tellers Like Michelle Wolf

by Ed Simon

Her great contribution is demonstrating how afraid of uncomfortable truths we’ve become.

Are Historians Still Ambivalent About Getting Published Online?

by Robert B. Townsend

A survey indicates the answer is yes.

The Illusion that Oregon’s Rajneeshpuram Was Built on

by Carl Abbott

It was that Oregon in the 20th century was still the Wild Wild West where anything goes.

Can People on the Left and the Right Still Talk?

by Walter G. Moss

They better or we’re in deep deep trouble.