Roundup Top 10!
Why We Need a New Civil War Documentaryby Keri Leigh MerrittThe success and brilliance of the new PBS series on Reconstruction is a reminder of the missed opportunity facing the nation. |
The public, not Robert Mueller, will determine Donald Trump’s fateby Kathryn Cramer BrownellWill Trump be Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton? |
CNN Shows Zero Interest In Questioning Conventional Wisdom About Watergateby Geoff ShepardThe producer assured me that CNN was committed to presenting a balanced view in its recent series on Richard Nixon, but she never even called back, and I think I know why. |
Trump’s Taxes Are Fair Game. Just Ask Warren Harding.by Stephen MihmThe Teapot Dome corruption scandal resulted in a 1924 law that gives the House Ways and Means Committee authority to demand returns. |
It’s time to return black women to the center of the history of women’s suffrageby Susan WareErased by white suffragists, black women’s work was vital to the fight for women’s rights. |
If China wants to lead the global order, it will need more than the Belt and Road Initiativeby Gregory MitrovichThe program falls well short of the world-changing Marshall Plan. |
It’s time to get rid of reform schoolsby Amber ArmstrongWe need to seize the opportunity to rethink our juvenile justice system. |
Why we need history majors to understand our futureby Knute BergerFeaturing Margaret O’Mara, a history professor at the University of Washington. |
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Resistance can't be tweeted: Social and political change is built on readingby Jim SleeperWhat's the value of liberal education? Without intellectual exploration, we'll never make a better world. |