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America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed
Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their word.The Atlantic -
Book Review
The Illiberalism at America’s Core
A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.The New Republic -
Book Review
Nell Irvin Painter’s Chronicles of Freedom
A new career-spanning book offers a portrait of Painter’s career as a historian, essayist, and most recently visual artist.The Nation -
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Historians and the Strange, Fluid World of 19th-Century Politics
Why our understanding of the era has been hindered by the party system model.Process: A Blog for American History -
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Decades After Kent State Shooting, the Tragic Legacy Shapes its Activism
The university where 13 student protesters were killed or injured during the Vietnam War era worries that other schools have learned nothing from its history.Washington Post -
Book Review
How Bondage Built the Church
Swarns’s book about a sale of enslaved people by Jesuit priests to save Georgetown University reminds us that the legacy of slavery is the legacy of resistance.New York Review of Books -
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1968 @50
A year of turmoil at home and abroad.
From the HNN Archive
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The Leaders of Tomorrow
What happened in 1970 after Richard Nixon was told, “I doubt that there would be any problem of student demonstrations in Tennessee.” -
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
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The U.S. Isn’t the Main Character of This History
Researching the Sandinista Revolution from Nicaraguans’ perspective.