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Civil War Victims Should Never Go Hungry Again

by William Lambers

Our own Civil War offers a lesson for the world for what can be done in a difficult situation.

Trump Voters' Faith in the Power of the Outsider Is Misguided

by Timothy Lynch

The myth of the outsider and why voters fall for it.

Why Nat Turner and the Southampton Rebels Killed Children

by Sarah N. Roth

The complicated matrix of reasons that went into the decision.

The GOP Looks Dead. But It May Yet Rise Again.

by Robert Brent Toplin

It rose from the dead 3 times in the 20th century, after all.

So We’re Ignoring the Plight of Syrian Refugees? It’s an Old Story.

by Richard Rashke

The first in a series of articles about the world’s indifference to Jewish refugees in the 1930s.

Here’s Why It’s in Our Economic Self-Interest to Keep an Open Door to Immigrants

by Harvey Lodish and Bruce Peabody

One out of three of our top scientists has emigrated to this country.

The 2 Constitutional Crises We Narrowly Averted in 1948 and 1968

by Ronald L. Feinman

They’re worth keeping in mind this year since it’s possible none of the 2016 presidential candidates can win an outright electoral majority.

We Had Our Own Refugee Crisis. You Know it as the Civil War.

by Chandra Manning

The refugees were slaves who fled their masters’ estates to find refuge behind Union lines.

The Book Historian Carol Anderson Had to Write After Ferguson

by Sharon Arana

The “analysis” from newscasters and pundits was so ahistorical that they had put all their attention on the flames. In doing so, they missed the kindling.

The Obvious Lesson We’re Ignoring from Our Internment of the Japanese During World War 2

by Scott McGaugh

Once again we’re stigmatizing people for no other reason than we’re scared and need a scapegoat.

How Henry Kissinger’s Misguided Policy Helped Undermine Lebanon

by James R. Stocker

Historians for the most part have ignored his legacy in Lebanon. They shouldn’t. Here’s why.

Silver Spring, Maryland Has Whitewashed Its Past

by David S. Rotenstein

Shouldn’t we take notice?

George Washington, America’s First Spymaster? Yes, Indeed.

by John A. Nagy

Concerned about spies from the beginning of the war, his policy was to feed them false information.

How the Great Escapes Under the Berlin Wall Came to an End

by Greg Mitchell

Tunnel escapes stopped abruptly 52 years ago because of one sensationalized and misconstrued event.

The Year Donald Trump and I Purchased Boats

by Ray Smock

An Excerpt from the Private Journal of Ray Smock, Aug. 16, 1988.

The Immigration Museum that Pretended We’d Always Treated Immigrants with Kindness

by Jennifer Young

It finally closed. Good riddance.

It’s Time for Trump to Go. Party Leaders Need to Give Him a Push.

by James Robenalt

If they don’t the party is in danger of losing whatever moral authority it has left.

Hillary Clinton Confessed to Having both Public and Private Positions? That's Not Shocking and It Shouldn't Bother You.

by Ronald L. Feinman

It's one of the revelations of WikiLeaks. But what does it really say about her?

The Middle East Studies Establishment Goes Full Warrior

by Daniel Pipes

After we challenged a state university’s ties with a radical institution in the West Bank lauded by Hamas as a “greenhouse for martyrs” the Middle East Studies Association attacked us.

The Troubling Donald Trump-Huey Long Connection

by Greg Bailey

We never found out what a Huey Long presidency would be like. Let’s hope we don’t have to face the reality of a President Donald Trump.