Current Events that Relate to History
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CommentThe Man Madison Warned Us Against
He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice.The American Prospect -
Book ReviewIn the Lions’ Studio
A new dual biography turns the lens on the towering architects of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.The American Scholar -
CommentBy Rejecting Evidence of Genocide in Gaza, the US Is Following a Familiar Pattern
For decades, Washington has denied, downplayed and rationalized atrocities by its allies.New Lines -
Book ReviewFrancis Fukuyama Was Right About Liberal Democracy
For all of its faults and weaknesses, no serious competitor has emerged to capture people’s imagination or seriously challenge it.The New Republic -
Petition
Scholasticide in Gaza: An Appeal to the AHA
The organizers of a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza are calling on leaders of the American Historical Association (AHA) to rescind their veto of the resolution and allow all AHA members to vote on it . -
Journal ArticleThe Unexpected Impact of James Garfield's Assassination
On July 2, 1881, less than a year after President James Garfield was elected the 20th president of the United States, he was shot by Charles Guiteau.JSTOR Daily -
exhibitThe Soviets and US
The contours and legacies of the most consequential political rivalry of the 20th century.
From the HNN Archive
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What Is the Role of the Historian?
Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” resolution. -
Letting the World Scream
In 1984, the U.S. rejected the International Court of Justice’s jurisdiction, revealing its tendency to ignore international rules it sees as unfavorable — even when it helped write them. -
The First and Last Queen of Haiti in Exile
Queen Marie-Louise outlived most of her family, yet her story about the revolution and its aftermath was rarely consulted by those writing the era’s history. -
Ohio’s Little-Known Fascist Member of Congress
How a local prosecutor protected white supremacists and went on to a career in Washington, DC. -
The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
Nuggets of Condescension
By universalizing their own economic history, Western observers have used the past to portray African economic culture as backward and inadequate. -
The Burned-Over District
The Northeast caught fire this fall, in a way that recalls its past. History has some lessons about how to manage the region’s fire seasons to come. -
Who Built the Panama Canal?
Finding testimony from the Afro-Caribbean workers who changed the Americas forever.