J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents by Douglas M. Charles How are U.S. presidents and FBI directors supposed to communicate?

White supremacists love Vikings. But they’ve got history all wrong. by David Perry Why the accused Portland killer and others see Vinland as an inspiration.

The Myth of the Kindly General Lee by Adam Serwer The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.

How Israel’s Occupation Shifted From a Politics of Life to a Politics of Death by Neve Gordon Palestinian life has become increasingly expendable in Israel’s eyes.

What If: Fifty Years After the Six-Day War by Daniel Pipes In 1967 liberals celebrated Israel's victory.

The Israeli-American Hammer-Lock on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi Israel’s occupation is only made possible by unquestioning US support—but a day of reckoning is on the way.

Golda's Missed Opportunities for Peace by Ralph Seliger The Arabs, it turns out, were more willing to cut a deal than she realized.

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today by Denise A. Spellberg What history shows is that Islam is very much an American religion.

JFK’s Russian Conspiracy by Tim Naftali Kennedy had his own secret back channel with Moscow. It may have kept the superpowers from going to war.

The Two Women’s Movements by Kim Phillips-Fein Feminism has been on the march since the 1970s, but so has the conservative backlash.

My 10 Worst Presidents Of All-Time by Alan Singer Guess who is number 1?