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Highlights of the Annual Meeting of the Organization of American Historians: 2018
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What You May Not Realize About the Supreme Court Ruling that Backed Affirmative Action
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A Writer at The Atlantic Uses History to Make a Point About the 2016 Election – And Historians Moan
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Here's why they aren't celebrating this attempt at a usable past.
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How We Got Trump
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The change in our political structure that led directly to Trump’s election.
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They Thought He Was Black, so They Claimed the Inn Was Full.
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William Pfaff's death represented a serious loss of columnists willing to challenge our politics of war and militarism.
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These Are the Women in Richard the Lionheart’s Life You Should Know About
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First and foremost there’s his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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The Awful War to End All Wars: Now on Display
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The Minnesota exhibit is touring various large museums across the country. Go see it!
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What We Really Have to Worry About Isn’t Trump
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It’s if a more competent politician who exploits rural grievances succeeds him.
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What’s Wrong with “Chappaquiddick,” the Movie
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It passes off as fact the myth that Ted Kennedy allowed Mary Jo Kopechne to suffocate.
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“Washington Is Going to Burn, Washington Is Going to Burn”
Roger Chapman
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Trump and Jackson: Two Power Grabbers, but with a Difference
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Trump is self-serving, while Jackson used his power to advance democracy.
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Roundup Top 10!
This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.
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The Real Threat We Face Won't Be Solved by a Wall
James Stejskal
We need to spend more on missile defense.
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This Massacre of Black Soldiers During the Civil War Is Reason Enough to Bring Down the Confederate Statues
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It was the Fort Pillow Massacre. And it was ghastly.
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So far it has due to plain dumb luck. But eventually, luck runs out.
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Why Ike Keeps Going Up Up Up in Scholarly Polls
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It’s because his legacy keeps becoming more and more relevant.
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The Lesson General Grant Taught Us that's Still Relevant
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On the anniversary of the end of the Civil War, it's worth remembering, as we read about other countries facing the challenge of national healing.
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Democracy in Latin America Is Once Again Under Threat, but that’s Not the Whole Story
Hilda Sabato
We need to remember that many of these countries helped lead the way to the establishment of republican government.
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The Most Important Naturalist You Never Heard of
Bruce Chadwick
His name is Henry Walter Bates. He's finally getting the credit he deserves.
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Review of Robert J. Cook‘s “Civil War Memories, Contesting the Past Since 1865”
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We’ve never stopped fighting over the meaning of the war.
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What People Are Talking About
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