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January 23, 2012

Week of January 23, 2012

Up FrontNEW Former Gingrich Ally Claims Republican Leaders Blackmailed Him Over Affair David A. WalshNEW Did Teddy Roosevelt Write Obama's State of the Union Address?Videos from the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Historical AssocationSession #17: John McCormick's Machiavellian DemocracyMichele LowrieMark JurdjevicJack RakoveJohn McCormick 

January 15, 2012

Week of January 16, 2012

Up FrontVideos from the American Historical Association Annual MeetingHistorians and the Obama NarrativePeniel E. JosephJames KloppenbergTom SugrueDianne Pinderhughes Full coverage of the AHA annual meetingQuestions People are Googling

January 9, 2012

Week of January 9, 2012

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January 1, 2012

Week of January 2, 2012

HNN Teacher's Edition:  For High School and Grade SchoolHNN’s Teacher’s Edition is designed to help busy teachers build classes around topics in the news. With just a few minutes preparation, teachers will be able to teach a class on current events, even if they haven't been in a position to follow the news closely..Go here for more information.News at HomeWhat Speaker Boehner Should Tell House Republicans About Compromise Walter G. MossNews AbroadWas 2011 Really the "Year of the Protester"? Jeffrey Wasserstrom

December 18, 2011

Weeks of December 19 & 26, 2011

HNN Donation Drive: Support HNN Like You Mean ItIf you support the kind of quality journalism HNN provides now is the time to show it.Make a donation today.You are one click away from finding out how. Just click here.Up FrontNEW Most Popular Articles of 2011 Published by HNNHNN Hot Topic: North KoreaQuestions People are GooglingDid We Really Land on the Moon?What is the Military-Industrial Complex?Who Dreamed Up the Gas Tax?Was Spain to Blame for Blowing Up the "Maine"?More Questions

December 12, 2011

Week of December 12, 2011

HNN Donation Drive: Support HNN Like You Mean ItIf you support the kind of quality journalism HNN provides now is the time to show it.Make a donation today.You are one click away from finding out how. Just click here.Up FrontNewt Gingrich the Galactic Historian Ray SmockHNN Hot Topics: Newt GingrichOccupy: You Can’t Evict an Idea Ruth RosenQuestions People are Googling

December 4, 2011

Week of December 5, 2011

HNN Donation Drive: Support HNN Like You Mean ItIf you support the kind of quality journalism HNN provides now is the time to show it.Make a donation today.You are one click away from finding out how. Just click here.Up FrontNewt Gingrich the Galactic Historian Ray Smock HNN Hot Topics: Newt Gingrich The Day of Infamy—How Japan’s Hollow Victory Spelt the End for Hitler Rupert ColleyPearl Harbor RoundtablePearl Harbor: Seventy Years Later Hiroshi KitamuraRemembering Pearl Harbor with Japanese and American Teachers Yujin Yaguchi

November 28, 2011

Week of November 28, 2011

Up Front NEW 2011 Advent Calendar of America's Fighting Men NEW "Brian’s Song": What Really Happened Barron H. LernerNEW A Modest Proposal for Occupy Wall Street: Take Our Children, Please! Steve FraserOccupy the American Historical Association: Demand a WPA Federal Writers' Project Jesse Lemisch Book of the Month: Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall FergusonHNN Poll: Do You Support Historian Newt Gingrich's Candidacy for the GOP Presidential Nomination?Questions People are Googling

November 20, 2011

Week of November 21, 2011

Up FrontNEW The Thanksgiving Myth Nicolaas Vergunst NEW BLOG Walid Phares on the Middle East HNN Poll if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget('95605edb-1989-43a9-82a5-4af0854edfa2');Get the Poll Creator Pro widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info)Hot Topics

November 13, 2011

Week of November 14, 2011

Up FrontBlogsIwan Morgan: The European Debt Crisis: A Problem of Political Will?Chris Bray: Boston College (Cont.): Pushing Holder (Clio)Lester Hunt: Defending the Oxford Comma (L&P) Josh Brown: He May Talk Softly, but I'd Watch Out for that Big Stick...Hot TopicsThanksgivingElection 2012News at HomeGive Students A Break—An Election Break Leonard SteinhornOccupy Wall Street Should Remember that No One Liked Vietnam Protesters, Either Simon Hall

November 6, 2011

Week of November 7, 2011

Up FrontHistory is Worth Fighting For, But Where is the AHA? Jesse LemsichResponse to Jesse Lemisch: It's Not Enough to Just Wish for Change Anthony Grafton and James GrossmanNewsCliopatria Awards Nominations are Now Open!Hot TopicsVeterans DayQuestions People are Googling

October 31, 2011

Week of October 31, 2011

Up FrontNewsNational Library of Medicine Celebrates 175th AnniversaryJeffrey S. ReznickQuestions People are GooglingWhat's Behind the History of Halloween?Who Was "Jim Crow"?Who Killed Malcolm X? And Why?What Caused the Civil War?News at HomeOccupy Wall Street's Valley Forge Moment Tom EngelhardtWhat, the NRA Didn't Always Oppose Gun Control? Adam Winkler

October 24, 2011

Week of October 24, 2011

Up FrontNewsTim Naftali Stepping Down as Nixon Library Director David A. WalshHot TopicsOccupy Wall StreetThe RecessionUnemploymentIncome InequalityQuestions People are Googling

October 16, 2011

Week of October 17, 2011

Special Coverage: Occupy Wall StreetHNN Hot Topics: Occupy Wall StreetHNN Poll: Do You Support Occupy Wall Street?Occupy Wall Street Isn't the Same Old Political Crap—It's Much, Much More James LivingstonA Century of Our Streets Vs. Wall Street Steve FraserOccupy Wall Street: A Sign of Our Times Judith SteinFeaturesQuestions People are Googling

October 10, 2011

Week of October 10, 2011

Up Front: Occupy Wall StreetHNN Hot Topics: Occupy Wall StreetNEW HNN Poll: Do You Support Occupy Wall Street?NEW A Century of Our Streets Vs. Wall StreetSteve FraserNEW Occupy Wall Street: A Sign of Our Times Judith SteinLessons from History for Occupy Wall Street on How to Build a Movement Tomiko Brown-NaginOccupy Wall Street is Absolutely Exhilarating James Livingston

October 3, 2011

Week of October 3, 2011

Up Front HNN Book of the Month: Teofilo F. Ruiz's The Terror of History: On the Uncertainties of Life in Western Civilization HNN Website of the Month: Taiwan Documents Project History on TV: Highlights of Upcoming ShowsNews at Home Rick Perry's "Niggerhead" Camp Is Only Part of the Problem Jim Loewen Lessons from History on the Double-Dip Recession Iwan Morgan We Need to Do Something Radical to Break Out of Our Malaise T.H. McGraw News Abroad The World is Actually Safer than It Used to Be ... And It Keeps Getting Safer Christopher J. Fettweis

September 25, 2011

Week of September 26, 2011

Up FrontHNN Hot Topics: Election 2012HNN Feature: Questions People Are Googling Are Jews a Race or a Religion?Is the Income Tax Illegal?Is America a Christian Nation?Will Obama be Re-Elected?Was Hitler ... Missing a Very Specific Part of His Anatomy? Gaffes from the Archives: It's Okay, Herman Cain Hasn't Read the Constitution, Either Daniel MalliaNews at HomeJohn Mearsheimer's Disturbing Connection to a Notorious Anti-Semite Adam Holland

September 19, 2011

Week of September 19, 2011

Up FrontThe New Deal Didn't Cause a Democratic Realignment—World War II Did Helmut Norpoth, Andrew H. Sidman, and Clara SuongHNN Feature: They Said What? Politicians and Their Historical Gaffes Daniel MalliaHNN Hot Topics: The New DealNews at HomeIs the Ghost of Barry Goldwater Haunting Rick Perry? Mark NevinCitizens United is a Red Herring ... You Can't Separate the Political from the Economic Elisabeth ChavesObama Should Copy JFK's First Days in Office and Fight Hunger William LambersJoshua Brown

September 11, 2011

Week of September 12, 2011

Up FrontNEW BLOG Jim Loewen9/11HNN Hot Topics: 9/11 Ten Years After 9/11, Jihadis are Winning the War Walid PharesOne Day, We'll Commemorate 9/11 Like the Civil War—Heart-Felt, but Detached and Reflective Kevin M. LevinStill Smoldering Ten Years after 9/11 -- Yet Still Hopeful Gil Troy"What If It Had Rained on September 11?" and Three Other Questions about 9/11Jesse LemischHow to Teach about 9/11 Bruce CraigDid 9/11 Really Change Everything? Mary L. Dudziak

September 4, 2011

Week of September 5, 2011

Up FrontTen Years After 9/11, Jihadis are Winning the WarWalid PharesOne Day, We'll Commemorate 9/11 Like the Civil War—Heart-Felt, but Detached and ReflectiveKevin M. LevinStill Smoldering Ten Years after 9/11 -- Yet Still HopefulGil Troy"What If It Had Rained on September 11?" and Three Other Questions about 9/11Jesse LemischHow to Teach about 9/11Bruce CraigDispatches from APSA: John Yoo talk on Lincoln interrupted by protest in SeattleHNN Website of the Month: Picture AmericaHNN Feature: Historians on the Daily Show/Colbert Report