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Pop Culture Roundup: This WeekThis Week ... Roots, Kitty Genovese, Ken Burns, Dick Gregory and more! |
Social Media News: This WeekJelani Cobb, Blair Kelley, Mary Beard, Michael Beschloss, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Rick Perlstein. |
Why Bernie’s Bros Might Go for Trumpby Josh ZeitzAnti-establishment liberals abandoned their party in 1968, and again in 1980. Why not 2016? |
History isn't a 'useless' major.by James GrossmanIt teaches critical thinking, something America needs plenty more of. |
Milestones (Or What Passes for Them in Washington)by Andrew J. BacevichA Multi-Trillion-Dollar Bridge to Nowhere in the Greater Middle East |
The United States of Trumpistan?by Manisha SinhaTo understand the Trump phenomenon, political commentators have pointed to the rise of Hitler and the recent growing political strength of the far right in the continent. In fact, they should be looking closer to home. |
Iran’s Holocaust denial is part of a malevolent strategyby Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray TakeyhThe Islamic Republic of Iran held another Holocaust cartoon festival this month, inviting the usual despicable cast of characters. |
Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill?by Elizabeth Hinton, Julilly Kohler-Hausmann and Vesla M. WeaverThere’s no question that by the early 1990s, blacks wanted an immediate response to the crime, violence and drug markets in their communities. But even at the time, many were asking for something different from the crime bill. |
The arrow of historyby Charles KrauthammerTeaser |
The Value of Killing Terroristsby Max BootThere are examples throughout history of insurgencies more or less folding after the death or capture of their leaders. |
It's time to acknowledge the genocide of California's Indiansby Benjamin MadleyWill the genocide against California Indians join the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust in public school curricula and public discourse? |
Were Lewis and Clark Gay?by Thomas A. FosterAbout That Saturday Night Live Sketch... |