HNN Rundowns
Week of April 30, 2012
Up Front
 May Day: From the Haymarket Massacre to the Occupy Movement Lawrence S. Wittner |
 The Real War on Muslim Women Daniel Martin Varisco |
 HNN Book of the Month: Why America Needs a Left: A Historical Argument -- by Eli Zaretsky |
 Bork Redux Josh Brown: Life During Wartime |
Polls
 The NYT's Frank Bruni wrote on Sunday that humanities majors "are least likely to find jobs reflective of their education level" according to federal projections. Why should students major in the humanities, especially given the ever-rising sticker price of college? We encourage comments and hope for a rigorous discussion -- click on the graphic to go the comments board! |
HNN Teacher's Edition: For High School and Grade School
HNN’s Teacher’s Edition is designed to help busy teachers build classes around topics in the news. With just a few minutes preparation, teachers will be able to teach a class on current events, even if they haven't been in a position to follow the news closely.
Grade School
High School
News at Home
 Peter Beinart and the Specter Haunting American Jewry Jack Ross |
 Mitt Romney Must Decide What Kind of America He Believes In Ian Reifowitz |
News Abroad
 Civilian Casualties: Tactical Regrets and Strategic Hypocrisy Steven I. Levine and Michael H. Hunt |
 Fantasies of Male Chivalry Ignore the History of Women in Wartime Heather Marie Stur |
Historians & History
 Setting the Record Straight: Harry Dexter White and Soviet Espionage R. Bruce Craig |
OAH/NCPH 2012
 Public History's Great Showing at the 2012 NCPH/OAH Annual Meeting David A. Walsh |
 Highlights from the 2012 OAH/NCPH Annual Meeting in Milwaukee David A. Walsh |
Education
 The Pineapple that Ate Global History Alan Singer |
Culture Watch
 Chicago 1959: This Old House It's Not Bruce Chadwick |
Books
 Review of John B. Thompson's Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the Twenty-First Century Jim Cullen |
 Review of More Powerful than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, and Progressives in New York's Year of Anarchy Jim Cullen |
