Current Events that Relate to History
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AntecedentHow Somalis Became the New ‘Welfare Queens’
Trump has reinvented Reagan’s old attack, with one key twist.The Bulwark -
CommentHomeland Empire
From Venezuela to Minnesota, Trump is trying to create a borderless American power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic into a single domain of impunity.Equator -
Book ReviewHow Has the Idea of Revolution Changed?
A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept.The Nation -
LongreadWho Gets to Be Indian—And Who Decides?
The very American story of Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance.The Atlantic -
CommentNo Justice, No Peace
To understand the slogan's meaning, consider the words of Martin Luther King, who saw the riots of the 1960s as not revolutionary enough.Viewpoint Magazine -
Book ReviewJudicial Nation-Building
The Early Republic’s maritime jurisprudence is even more relevant given the immense power of the modern executive.Law & Liberty -
exhibitMLK's Three Evils
Probing the social ills that King warned were plaguing the nation: "the sickness of racism, excessive materialism and militarism."
From the HNN Archive
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How to Succeed in Government Without Really Trying
The long history of promising an “efficient” federal government. -
If the Slipper Doesn’t Fit
A scorched shoe is a crucial part of Zelda Fitzgerald’s modern mythology. But there’s no proof it existed. -
Indifferent to the Fate of Freedom Elsewhere
Jimmy Carter is known for his defense of human rights worldwide. But in 1979, he threatened to deport thousands of Iranian student protesters. -
Elevating the Few
What JD Vance excludes from the history of the Civil War and immigration. -
Whose Side Are College Administrators On?
There’s a long history of politicians targeting student protesters — and of campus leaders abetting those efforts. -
Solve for AI
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms. -
“At Any Future Time”
In 1880, the daughter of a Welsh politician turned to fiction to expose perspectives missing from the official record, upending histories for generations to come. -
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. -
Governing by Police
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding. -
When Good Housekeeping Meant Getting Vaccinated Against Polio
The pages of 1950s lifestyle magazines offer a glimpse of a time when childhood vaccines were anything but controversial.