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Dear GOP: The US has negotiated with Terrorists and Amnestied Them all through History by Juan Cole If you negotiate the release of US captives with the enemy you are “negotiating with terrorists.” If you don’t, then you have left soldiers behind on the battlefield.

Can studying the Black Death help us figure out what’s gone wrong in Third World countries? by Peter Temin The Black Death led to an improvement in agricultural technology, changed the status of women, and increased wages.

Four myths about the Great War of 1914-1918 by Mark Harrison The Great War offers lessons for today, but many so-called lessons are misunderstood.

What You're Missing If You're Not Watching Cosmos by HNN Neil deGrasse Tyson shows that scientists first issued an alarm about climate change in the late19th century.

Historian Anthony Beevor on the successes and failures of D-Day (Interview) by Emma McFarnon Antony Beevor’s book is the first major history of the battle for Normandy in 20 years.

Scalia v. Scalia by Dahlia Lithwick Does his faith influence his judicial decision making?

The richest Americans in history by Steve Hargreaves Silicon Valley may be minting billionaires today, but tech wealth doesn't touch the riches of the robber barons.

The Art Hitler Hated by Michael Kimmelman A good deal of it what the Nazis called Entartete Kunst, or degenerate art.

The Ghosts of Tiananmen Square by Ian Johnson Is it an act frozen in time, awaiting its true recognition and denouement in some vague future?

D-Day 70 Years Later by Jeanne Bishop “I am buoyed up and ready to give everything I have to my country in this capacity.”

"I Think It's Already Been Forgotten" by Christopher Beam How China's millennials talk about Tiananmen Square.

What A Disappointment — Khan History Videos Continue To Be Awful by Larry Ferlazzo "My God, with the all money they have you’d think they could create some engaging multimedia presentations!"