HNN Rundowns

April 1, 2013

Week of April 1, 2013

Up FrontThe Conspiracy to Kill MLK: Not a Theory but a FactIra Chernus's MythicAmericaAt least according to the letter of the law.

March 18, 2013

Week of March 25, 2013

Up FrontPete Seeger: "That Was the First Time I Met Reverend King..."Kris WoodPete Seeger remembers the civil rights movement.

March 14, 2013

Week of March 18, 2013

Up Front Rebutting David Greenberg's Broadside on Howard ZinnJesse Lemisch, Staughton Lynd, and Robert Cohen Questions raised on the accuracy of an article in The New Republic.

March 4, 2013

Week of March 11, 2013

Up FrontHNN Hot Topics: Saint Patrick's Day

February 27, 2013

Week of March 4, 2013

Up FrontHNN Hot Topics: Hugo Chavez, 1954-2013

February 24, 2013

Week of February 25, 2013

Up FrontHNN Hot Topics: Women's History Month

February 6, 2013

Week of February 18, 2013

BlogsThe "War on Terror": A Ticking Time BombIra Chernus's MythicAmericaJust as the Cold War flared up again after 1980, so too could the war on terror.

February 4, 2013

BlogsThe Feminine Mystique 50 Years On [NYT Video Debate] Stephanie Coontz Discussing the anniversary of the seminal work with columnist Gail Collins.The Boy Scouts Shouldn't Force Every Troop to Admit Gays

January 29, 2013

Week of February 4, 2013

Up FrontImportant State of the Union Addresses in History

January 23, 2013

Week of January 28, 2013

HNN Poll: The Ten Most Important Documents in American HistoryRESULTS:What were the criteria? Any textual document -- book, article, speech, law, essay, or even blog, but excluding the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights (they're in default) critical to the development of American government, society, or culture, by any author, from any time period right down to the present day, was eligible for nomination! These were the top ten nominees. For more information on the poll, click here.

January 10, 2013

Week of January 21, 2013

Up FrontFive Myths about Roe v. WadeMarc SteinRoe wasn't a feminist decision.

January 9, 2013

Week of January 14, 2013

Up FrontHNN Hot Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThis year, MLK Day and Inauguration Day are one in the same.Tags: Martin Luther King, MLK, MLK Day

December 29, 2012

Week of January 7, 2013

Joyce Appleby Backing Petition to Disarm the FilibusterNearly one hundred historians have signed. If you would like to sign the petition, email Joyce Appleby at appleby@history.ucla.edu.Richard Nixon at 100: The Man Who Matters Stanley Kutler

December 21, 2012

Week of December 31, 2012

Blogs"The Other Civil War"Jim LoewenHoward Zinn, Abraham Lincoln, Lerone Bennett, Stephen Spielberg, and MeWhy are High-Capacity Magazines Still Legal?Steve HochstadtThere's no valid non-military reason to own one.

December 17, 2012

Weeks of December 17 and 24, 2012

Up Front Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday? Stephen Mitsuo Higa We hear this "fact" a lot, but there's little in the historical record about non-Greco-Roman, non-Christian religions in Europe.

December 10, 2012

Week of December 10, 2012

Up FrontAmerica's Proud Individualism Helped Pull the TriggerIra Chernus's MythicAmericaAnd it's not just guns -- our approach to mental health care remains saddeningly in the nineteenth century.HNN Hot Topics: Gun ControlThe deadly elementary school shooting in Connecticut will restart a debate on gun control. Here's what historians have to say.

December 3, 2012

Week of December 3, 2012

What is the Best History Book of 2012?HNN asked for your opinion on the worst history books around back in July--We're now accepting nominations for the best history book (on any subject) published in 2012! Send an email to editor@hnn.us and let us know your favorite!

November 19, 2012