Current Events that Relate to History
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Book ReviewThe Woman Who Defined the Great Depression
John Steinbeck based “The Grapes of Wrath” on Sanora Babb’s notes. But she was writing her own American epic.The New Republic -
AntecedentThe 2024 Election and America's Love Affair With Lotteries
Americans love games of chance, but history shows they're a poor substitute for a robust investment in public goods.Made By History -
Book ReviewHow R.E.M. Created Alternative Music
In the cultural wasteland of the Reagan era, they showed that a band could have mass appeal without being cheesy, or nostalgic, or playing hair metal.The New Yorker -
Origin StoryA Good Death: The Modern Hospice Movement
Cicely Saunders realized that preparing for a good death is the first step in providing one.Nursing Clio -
CommentHow “The Great Gatsby” Changed the Landscape of New York City
On Robert Moses, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the culture of environmental waste.Literary Hub -
Book ReviewThe Rotting of the College Board
Testing is necessary. The SAT’s creator is not.Commentary -
exhibitBlame Games
This exhibit meditates on the theme of blame, exploring who has been deemed responsible for what throughout the course of American history.
From the HNN Archive
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The Forebears of JD Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past. -
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 Other Sherman’s March
How the younger brother of the famous general set out to destroy the scourge of monopoly power. -
Why Does American History Feel Like Ancient History to High School Students?
An argument for returning the recent past, and the history of modern conservatism, to classrooms. -
The Bowl Truth
On Joan of Arc’s much-maligned and forgotten haircut. -
Regency Sex Ed
How did women in 19th-century Europe learn about the birds and the bees?