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Exciting News About History News Network

by HNN

HNN has found a new partner to continue our work. 

We're Experiencing Technical Issues—Our New Op-Eds Coming Soon

We experienced some technical difficulties with our weekend update. New Op-Eds will be coming soon. Thanks for your patience. 

22 for '22: The Original Stories That Made the Year on HNN

by Various Authors

Choosing the stories of the year is never easy, but these HNN originals captured the issues and events that defined 2022. We'll be back in 2023. 

December Means It's Time to Support HNN

After a year of covering the news in historical perspective and highlighting the historians making news, we are asking our community of readers to help sustain HNN. 

HNN Will Be On Vacation Until July 19

HNN will be taking a vacation, and resuming operations after July 19. 

HNN Will Be OFF This Week

New content will return on May 16 and our email newsletters will resume May 18. 

Editor's Choice, 2021: 25 Articles Showing How HNN Covered Another Tumultuous Year

by Multiple Authors

25 stories from 2021 show how HNN's contributors offered insight onto current events in 2021.

To our Readers: To Keep HNN Publishing Original Stories Like These, Contribute to Our Reader Fund Drive

December is HNN's annual reader fund drive month. If you value the historical perspective HNN gives to the news, please support us. 

HNN Will Be On Thanksgiving Break This Week

HNN will be off Thanksgiving Week. We will return with news aggregation on November 29, and publish new op-eds on December 5. We wish all of our readers a safe, restful, and happy holiday. 

HNN Turned 20 This Month! Revisit the First Edition

by HNN Staff

HNN turned 20 this month! Help us celebrate by checking out our inaugural issue through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. 

HNN Will Be OFF This Thursday and Friday (April 1 and 2)

HNN will be taking the end of this week off (April 1 and 2). We will not be emailing a newsletter on Friday morning, but will post the week's Roundup Top Ten, along with a slate of new op ed essays, on Sunday. HNN will resume normal news posts on Monday, April 5. 

Introducing Ann Banks' New HNN Blog "Confederates In My Closet"

"After the 2016 election, the Civil War came for me, and there was nothing quaint about it.  As a reinvigorated white supremacy began sweeping the country, I knew it was time to take the Confederates out of the closet."

Editor's Note on Coverage of the Capitol Riot and Related Events

by Michan Connor

The events of January 6 and their ongoing political fallout have dictated changes to HNN's publication schedule this week. 

Best Wishes from HNN for the Holidays and the New Year

HNN will be on year-end holiday from December 24 through January 3. We wish you all a joyous end to 2020. 

A Personal Message from the Editor

2020 showed how important history is for understanding the news. If HNN was an important source of insight and information for you in 2020, please support our work for 2021. 

HNN Will Be Off for the Week

History-related news will return on November 30, along with HNN's annual fund drive--until then, enjoy a restful and safe holiday!

UPDATE: Technical Difficulties

We apologize if any of you have had difficulty contacting HNN by email between Wednesday evening and the present time. Our email host is experiencing technical difficulties that have prevented HNN from receiving email on several of our accounts. 

Minor Temporary Changes to HNN's Schedule

HNN's editor is taking some time off between July 9 and 14. New op ed essays will be posted as usual on Sunday.

Greetings from New HNN Editor Michan Connor

by Michan Connor

I am very excited to be carrying on the legacy of HNN, which has long championed the idea that historians have important things to say about today. 

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