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Brown v. Board of Education

This page lists articles that put into historical perspective the changes wrought by the Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954). 

Iowa Caucuses

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Immigration

News Stories Oscar Handlin, Historian Who Chronicled U.S. Immigration, Dies at 95 (9-24-11) Amnesty has volatile history (5-19-07) Former Braceros Leery of Guest Worker Plan (5-30-06) Failed Amnesty Legislation of 1986 Haunts the Current Immigration Bills in Congress (5-23-06) 100 Years in the Back Door, Out the Front (5-21-06) Behind Bush's Address Lies a Deep History (5-16-06) National anthem in other languages?

Historians and the 2008 Election

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Iraq Analogies: It's Vietnam. It's Lebanon. It's Algeria. It's ...

This page lists articles featured on HNN that employ analogies to advance an argument concerning the situation in Iraq.

Following is a list of articles and press releases appearing on HNN that concern bias in the teaching and writing of history. Articles are listed in reverse chronological order.Jonathan Zimmerman: Liberal professors have become alienated from the public Inside Higher Ed: Study: Liberals dominate academic faculties in humanities

Executive Privilege

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HNN Hot Topics: 6-Day War

HNN's vast archive of articles on the 6 Day War.