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Men Shouldn’t Be Threatened When Critics Denounce Toxic Masculinity

by Carol Dyhouse

The critique of toxic masculinity is not an attack on maleness: it is fueled by a vision of stronger, more grounded and responsible men.

Today’s the Anniversary of R-Day! What, You Don’t Know What that Is?

by Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio

R-Day (this stands for redeployment and readjustment) was the day in 1945 when GIs in Europe and the Pacific Theater learned if they had accumulated enough points to be sent home.

The Firing of the FBI Director: What Historians Are Saying on Social Media

Yes, they see a Watergate parallel, too. 

Is Trump Acting Like Nixon Did During Watergate?

by Ray Smock

Nixon also fired officials who were investigating him. 

Trump’s Flip-Flop on NAFTA Reveals This Important Difference Between Him and Ross Perot & Patrick Buchanan

by Paul Adler

Their nationalism included corporations. Trump's ire is reserved for government.

Trump Thinks He’s Giving Conservatives the School Policy They Want. He’s Wrong.

by Adam Laats

He is promising his conservative supporters local control just when they won’t want it.

FDR and His Houseboat: Another President in Florida

by Karen Chase and Kathryn Smith

A roundtable by the authors of 2 new books about FDR.

Bellevue: “America’s Most Storied Hospital” – An Interview with David Oshinsky

by Robin Lindley

The complicated history of this venerable public hospital from its humble 18th century beginnings through the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy.

Donald Trump Is a Civil War Revisionist

by Louis P. Masur

His views echo the line (now rejected by most scholars) taken by historians after World War I.

Our Historian in Chief: What Scholars Are Saying on Social Media About Trump's Analysis of the Civil War

Historian David Blight: "You can be too ignorant to know you're ignorant."

Free Speech Is Not Dying in Berkeley

by Andrea S. Johnson

It simply never existed in the form we imagined.

The GOP Is Fast Undoing the Good Deeds of Richard Nixon

by Ronald L. Feinman

Not much of his positive legacy will be left by the time they’re through.

Once Upon a Time Mao Was also Regarded as a Crazy Personality Cult Leader with Nukes

by Michael Sheng

There’s a lesson today in how we avoided war then.

Jefferson Vs. Trump: How Their Two Inaugurations Differed

by John Boles

Both represented change. Both came to power after a nasty election. But Trump chose to be divisive.

Union Women from Around the World Keep Meeting to Press for Their Rights. Does It Do Any Good?

by Brigid O’Farrell

The first meeting was in 1919. (Yes, progress is being made.)

Is America Going the Way of Norse Greenland?

by Fred Zilian

Like the Norse, the Trump administration is showing indifference to long-term interests.

The Nazi Diary that Took 12 Years to Track Down and Be Published

by Robert Wittman

It’s the diary of Alfred Rosenberg, one of Hitler’s closest and most loyal aides.

The Awful Relevance of Photographs from Franco’s Fascist Takeover in the 1930s

by Marc Aronson

Two writers doing a book about the photographs couldn’t help but think about events today.

What Historians Are Saying on Social Media About Trump's First 100 Days

Annette Gordon Reed, Max Boot, Simon Schama, Ron Radosh, David Greenberg, and more. 

What’s Impressive About Trump’s First 100 Days Is the Opposition He’s Inspired

by John Dickson

When FDR set the standard for 100 days of accomplishment, he did so in the face of an acute crisis. The crisis facing the country now is the president’s doing.