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FROM OUR ARCHIVES Ten Myths for the Fourth of July

by Ray Raphael

#1 - On July 4, 1776, the United States declared itself an independent nation.

Here Is Why You Should Help Radio Diaries’ Kickstarter Campaign This Week

by Paul Kramer

Since 1996, the prize-winning non-profit has pioneered new ways of telling true tales, past and present, and bringing its vital documentaries of everyday life to public radio listeners.

The Long Struggle to Stop Employment Discrimination Against LGBT People Is Even Longer than You Think

by Marc Stein

There is a long history to this struggle, which began in the 1950s and accelerated after the passage of the groundbreaking 1964 legislation.

A Radical Historian’s 60th Reunion at Hotchkiss

by Jesse Lemisch

"I’m a radical, among the last of the New Left historians, living proof that it’s actually possible to become a life-long radical."

This Is What a New US-Russia Relationship Could Look Like

by Walter G. Moss

A settlement of the Ukrainian quagmire could then be an important first step to a more realistic and ethical U.S. approach to Russia.

It Would Be Foolish to Go Back into Iraq

by Ivan Eland

Americans have a short historical memory, usually to their government’s benefit.

Should Historians Be Worried that Europeans Now Have “The Right to Be Forgotten” ?

by Mark B. Tauger

Early on, it appeared that this right to be forgotten would be abused.

Channeling George Washington: Are We At War?

by Thomas Fleming

"If we are fighting a war, Edward Snowden’s attempt to cripple our effort to protect our citizens indicts him as a traitor." -- George Washington

The Historical Bias Against Old Presidential Candidates

by Ashley Cruseturner

We have only elected 3 presidents 65 or older in all of American political history.

We Have a "Boy Problem" Alright, but It's Not New

by Julia Grant

Efforts to confront today’s “boy problem” in public education suffer from a want of historical perspective. 

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Is George H. W. Bush the Best One-Term President Ever?

by Aaron Brown and Mirco Reimer

Bush might not have been transformational in his objectives or inspirational in his style, but he presided successfully over one of the most complex periods in the twentieth century.

Hillary Comes out of the Closet

by Rachel Hope Cleves

The closet has long been a comfortable position for those willing to tolerate, but not endorse, same-sex marriage.

Obama’s Preparing for a Drone War in Iraq

by Juan Cole

Droning some ISIS commanders to death isn’t going to change the situation in Mosul.

The Iraqi Fall of Saigon?

by Jeffrey Kaplan

Déjà vu all over again?

The Warren Court Decisions Earl Warren Said Were the Most Important ... "One Person, One Vote"

by J. Douglas Smith

This week's the 50th anniversary of the decision in Reynolds.  

The Hour of ISIS Power: How Did It Come To This?

by Timothy R. Furnish

No longer merely a terrorist organization, it has now formed a renegade military theocracy and is in the process of creating a new Sunni territorial state in the Middle East.

A Historian Writes a History of a Tobacco Company and Never Mentions Lung Cancer?

by Daniel J. Robinson

Would it surprise you to learn that a university historian published a book on Canada's largest tobacco firm that never once mentioned lung cancer?

Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You - He Already Has You

by William J. Astore

The militarized realities of Fortress America.

No End of a Lesson - Unlearned

by William R. Polk

We should ask: what have we learned about ourselves, our adversaries and the process in which we have engaged?

The Bright Spot in the Ukraine Crisis Nobody's Noticed

by Steven Beller and Ian Reifowitz

If you had to choose between Putin's Russia and the EU, which would you pick?