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Why Historians Need Imagination

by Yoav Tenembaum

Without it writing history would be impossible.

Why Adam Hochschild Decided to Write about the Spanish Civil War (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

"Ever since the authors who wrote the Bible, people have been writing about good and evil. To me there’s nothing more interesting than trying to evoke moments when men and women risked their lives to battle horrendous injustice."

The Making of a Politician: Sidney Blumenthal on His New Biography of Abe Lincoln (Interview)

by Robin Lindley

Blumenthal dispels the notion of a Lincoln too noble for politics in the first volume of his planned four-volume work on the sixteenth president.

Meet the Self-Described Historian Responsible for Helping Donald Trump Win the Florida Primary

by Danielle Dougall

His name is Derek Boyd Hankerson. He’s an African American who makes controversial claims about the Civil War.

It’s Time to Put Ralph Nader’s Role in the 2000 Election into Historical Perspective

by Fran Shor

The real lesson of 2000 needs to be understood for progressives to understand what to do in 2016.

Could Gary Johnson’s Candidacy Cause a Constitutional Crisis in November?

by Ronald L. Feinman

We could wake up and find Gary Johnson President and Mike Pence Vice President. Here’s how it might happen.

The Zika Virus Mosquito Is so Dangerous the Military Considered Using It as a Weapon

by Rod Tanchanco

Here’s how it snuck into the US after World War II.

Want a Happy Ending to the Crisis over Police Shootings?

by Michael McQuillan

Here’s a way forward.

Never Again? Reflections on Interviewing Elie Wiesel in 2007

by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall

“He was both more philosophical and sadder than I expected.”

The Striking Parallels between Trump’s Xenophobia and the Americanization Movement of the 1910s

by Tina Irvine

Both rest on squalid claims about immigrants.

Alexander Hamilton, History Superstar

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

How can this one man be a hero to both liberals and conservatives? He’s complicated – like America.

How a Story About the Battle of the Somme Can Help Us See What’s Happening in Our Own Time

by William Lambers

What are we blind to? Farm communities are suffering worldwide.

The Last Election of the Sixties

by Leonard Steinhorn

The Trump constituency wants its America back, and this may be the last election in which the backlash that began in the Sixties will have an opportunity to win.

The Spy Who Saved Israel

by Uri Bar-Joseph

His name was Ashraf Marwan and he changed the course of history.

Obama’s Rebuke to the GOP

by Ed Simon

What the president highlighted is that the party of Lincoln has increasingly become the party of Lincoln Rockwell.

Memo to Donald Trump: This is not 1968

by Leonard Steinhorn

Our society itself is not coming apart the way it was in 1968.

Mike Pence: “Rush Limbaugh on Decaf”

by Laurence Jurdem

How he, like Jesse Helms before him, used his perch as a radio commentator to attract a following.

Should Hillary Move Left?

by Peter Cole

FDR did in 1936 and he won in a landslide.

Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama Got the Youth Vote: Did It Matter?

by Russ Henderson

The answer? Young people can energize a campaign, but adult electors determine a candidate’s fate.

The Other America: 2016 Edition

by Louis Ferleger and Matthew Lavallee

Our methods of measuring economic conditions are failing to capture the plight of millions, leaving them invisible in the New Economy.