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How Can We Stop Police from Killing Black People?

by Michael J. Pfeifer

The declining incidence of lynching in the early to mid twentieth century may offer useful historical lessons.

Do Voters Know What They’re Doing? An Interview with Christopher Achen.

by Rick Shenkman

"Unfortunately, it is not at all uncommon for the voters to make very foolish choices, especially in primaries and in referendums, when they get no guidance from their partisanship." -- Social scientist Christopher Achen

Snowden: To Kill or Not to Kill

by Richard Rashke

Trump has called for Snowden’s assassination. But would it be legal?

It’s that Time of Year Again ... When We Recognize Indigenous People!

by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

The rest of the year the mainstream media and schools treat Native people as extinct. There are consequences to this neglect.

How a Jewish Kid from the Suburbs Transformed Jewish Studies in America

by Aaron W. Hughes

When he started out he didn’t know Hebrew and hadn’t studied at a Yeshiva. These were advantages.

How the Patty Hearst Kidnapping Led to U.S. Police Militarization

by Brad Schreiber

That’s the story the media’s missed.

The Year Black People Were Hounded Out of Forsyth County, Georgia

by Patrick Phillips

It happened in 1912.

What Historians Are Saying About Trump's Vulgar Comments

Blair Kelley, Tim Naftali, Simon Schama, Mary Dudziak, Juan Cole, Max Boot, Jelani Cobb, David Greenberg, Julian Zelizer and more.

It’s Possible Donald Trump Could Win a Smaller Percentage of the Popular Vote than Any Other Major Presidential Candidate

by Ronald L. Feinman

That would rank him with William Howard Taft.

Is the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn Going too Far Left?

by Luke Reader

History suggests Labour governs successfully from the center.

Why You Shouldn’t Believe US Presidents Were Benevolent or at Least Fair-Minded Toward Indians

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker

An excerpt from a book about myths about Native Americans.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s Amazing and Grim Prophecy

by Kenneth Weisbrode

The world remembers Francis Fukuyama’s "The End of History" and Samuel Huntington’s "The Clash of Civilizations." But it was Moynihan who got the future right.

Donald Trump’s Suggestion that He Might Not Accept the Victory of His Opponent Is Ghastly

by Ronald L. Feinman

And unprecedented.

Both Parties Back Economic Growth. But Are They Wrong?

by Paul Croce

Constant growth is the great unaddressed issue of the contemporary USA, even though it is a formula for constant frustration.

How Neoliberalism – Blind Faith in Markets -- Contributed to Brexit

by Phillip Ther

The British plebiscite against the EU confirms the fragility of the neoliberal order that emerged in the 1980s.

Detroit Holocaust Museum Enters New Phase but Stays Strangely Mum

by Edwin Black

Holocaust museums belong to the survivors and their succeeding generations. They shouldn’t be mum about their plans.

The Führer and the Donald: The Ghost of a Resemblance

by Nicholas O’Shaughnessy

Trump is no Hitler, but their propaganda tactics are strikingly similar.

Trump Brags About Being Unpredictable. History Shows It’s Not a Winning Strategy.

by Jeffrey P. Kimball

And it’s dangerous.

Why the Fact that We’ve Never Paid Serious Attention to Missy LeHand Is Deplorable

by Kathryn Smith

She, like the other female gatekeepers presidents have had, played a vital role in a president’s administration.

The Making of America’s “Most Valuable Local Official”: An Interview with Civic Activist Nick Licata on His Political Evolution

by Robin Lindley

How racism affected his evolution as an activist.