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As COVID-19 Spreads, Mary Barra Needs To Denounce Trump As Bad For Capitalism

Historian Nelson Lichtenstein compares Trump's response to coronavirus with previous presidents' handling of crises.

Another Reason to Celebrate John McCain Was His Critical Role in Establishing the 9-11 Commission

by Anthony Toth

He made sure the most important questions were answered.

True scale of UK role in torture and rendition after 9/11 revealed

Two damning reports reveal British intelligence’s treatment of terrorism suspects.

These Investigations All Took Much Longer than Mueller’s Probe Has So Far

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

History suggests the need for patience.

Wall Street Journal study finds that rural youths who enlisted after 9/11 shouldered the greatest burden for the nation’s defense

Per capita, nearly twice as many small-town Americans have died at war since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks compared with those from large metro areas.

How 9/11 triggered democracy’s decline

by Jeremi Suri

The attack spawned wars to export democracy abroad, while degrading it at home.

The CIA's Tortured Historical Amnesia

by Kristie Macrakis

What to do about it.

Central Connecticut State University Professor Examines How 9/11 Is Fading From Our Memories

“In another two years, my students are going to have absolutely no emotional connection or memory of 9/11 at all. The subject is merely going to be another history class to them."  –  Matthew Warshauer

9-11: Tweets

Tweets about 9-11 that HNN researchers come across, in reverse chronological order.

FBI Releases Never-Before-Seen Photos From 9/11 Pentagon Attack

The newly released FBI images show firefighters and first responders working at the scene.

Alleged mastermind tells Obama 9/11 was America’s fault

“It was not we who started the war against you in 9/11. It was you and your dictators in our land,” Khalid Sheik Mohammed, 51, writes in the 18-page letter to Obama.

Conservatives complain when a liberal historian at Saddleback College takes down their 9-11 poster

They claim she overstepped her authority as a department chairwoman and professor by taking down the posters, suggesting that if the group had been rallying for a more traditionally liberal cause, she would have left them untouched.

Rescuing the Lost Art of 9/11

How 9/11 spawned one of the most unusual art preservation efforts of the modern era.

15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic?

by Juan Cole

Making sure the Constitution and our rights are strong is the best way of honoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks.

Here’s What Else We Should Be Remembering this 9/11

by Anthony Toth

In millions of people it brought out the better angels of our nature.

9/11 Struck Fear in Americans for more than the Obvious Reasons

by Peter N. Stearns

15 years later it’s time to acknowledge why we reacted the way we did.

The tacky practice of using 9/11 to market consumer goods backfires yet again

Each year, companies across the United States employ remarkably tone-deaf marketing strategies that somehow reference 9/11.

Long-Lost 9/11 Flag, an Enduring Mystery, Will Go on View at Museum

The flag, which was featured in a famous photograph of ground zero and disappeared soon after the attack, will again become a prominent part of Lower Manhattan.

A Saudi Imam, 2 Hijackers and Lingering 9/11 Mystery

To some, a classified section of an inquiry into the terrorist attacks points to Saudi involvement, while the country’s foreign minister says, “There is no there there.”

New Photos Show President Bush's Initial Response to 9/11 Attacks

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on Friday released new photos of the president responding to the 9/11 attacks.