Current Events that Relate to History
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CommentThe Once and Future Deportation Flight?
78 years ago, a US plane deporting 28 Mexican nationals crashed into California’s Los Gatos Canyon, killing all aboard.Public Books -
Book ExcerptInside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing
On the eternal tension between human creativity and mechanical efficiency.Literary Hub -
CommentChampions of Apathy
The first neoliberals distrusted Christianity. Their heirs have tried to revise it.Commonweal -
Q&AAfterlives of the Plantation: An Interview with Jarvis C. McInnis
McInnis discusses what inspired his new book on the role of the Black South in the contruction of Black modernity.Black Perspectives -
LongreadAnother Country: Visions of America
The rise of a violent authoritarian state under Trump unveils a deep uncertainty over what America is.London Review of Books -
LongreadThe Rise of the Tech Hamiltonians
The political coalition that has formed under Trump’s banner has the potential to reshape American politics.The Atlantic -
exhibitImperial Ambitions
Five hundred years of empire building in North America and beyond its borders.
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.