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Roundup Top Ten!

Why the Nixon impeachment worked

by Julian Zelizer

Democrats shouldn't take the Clinton impeachment as a warning not to impeach Trump.

Why Brexit might not happen

by Laura Beers

Ignoring the will of the people is a British tradition.

How a World Order Ends

by Richard Haass

And What Comes in Its Wake

Top 6 Reasons Dems shouldn’t Allocate a single Cent for Trump’s Idiotic Wall

by Juan Cole

Beyond the problem that Trump repeatedly asserts things that are patently untrue on the immigration issue, the fact of the matter is that Democrats need to stand up to him if they are to vindicate themselves.

What French populists from the ‘50s can teach us about the 'yellow vests’ roiling Paris today

by Charles Hankla

The Poujadist protests can shed light on today’s unrest – as well as on the many other populist movements agitating governments across the world.

The John Birch Society is still influencing American politics, 60 years after its founding

by Christopher Towler

Today, while much of the John Birch Society exists online and through its bimonthly magazine, The New American, some conservatives are trying to reboot local chapters of the nonprofit corporation.

The Civil Rights Movement for Intellectual Change

by Joshua Clark Davis

More than half a century since the 1960s, scholars and citizens alike continue to grapple with how our country should remember the civil rights movement.

Why Did Gallup Omit Its Own Holocaust Poll?

by Rafael Medoff

The Holocaust Museum has an exhibit about American attitudes toward Jewish refugees. And it's missing the most important part.

Hungary: Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitism?

by Karl Pfeifer

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s claims to the contrary Jews are living in fear in Hungary – and with good reason.