Current Events that Relate to History
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Book ExcerptJohn Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.The Atlantic -
ArgumentAn Antifascist Education
Black women’s radicalism has been fascism’s enemy for 200 years.Lux Magazine -
Book ReviewHow Police Harassed and Infiltrated Civil Rights Groups
Efforts to surveil and undermine activists went far beyond infamous operations such as Cointelpro.The New Republic -
Book ExcerptJefferson Divided
Though his writings grappled with the contradiction between bondage and liberty, Thomas Jefferson’s life was indebted to those he enslaved.New York Review of Books -
Journal ArticleThe First Futurists and the World They Built
From Saint-Simon to Silicon Valley, the urge to forecast the future has always masked a struggle over who gets to define it.JSTOR Daily -
CommentWomen's Work
How a century of undervaluing women’s labor echoes in policy today.Civics & Coffee -
exhibitCrimes of War
Stories about the civilian victims of past wars, and the extent to which Americans have acknowledged and accounted for atrocities committed in their name.
From the HNN Archive
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How to Succeed in Government Without Really Trying
The long history of promising an “efficient” federal government. -
If the Slipper Doesn’t Fit
A scorched shoe is a crucial part of Zelda Fitzgerald’s modern mythology. But there’s no proof it existed. -
Indifferent to the Fate of Freedom Elsewhere
Jimmy Carter is known for his defense of human rights worldwide. But in 1979, he threatened to deport thousands of Iranian student protesters. -
Elevating the Few
What JD Vance excludes from the history of the Civil War and immigration. -
Whose Side Are College Administrators On?
There’s a long history of politicians targeting student protesters — and of campus leaders abetting those efforts. -
Solve for AI
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms. -
“At Any Future Time”
In 1880, the daughter of a Welsh politician turned to fiction to expose perspectives missing from the official record, upending histories for generations to come. -
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. -
Governing by Police
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding. -
When Good Housekeeping Meant Getting Vaccinated Against Polio
The pages of 1950s lifestyle magazines offer a glimpse of a time when childhood vaccines were anything but controversial.