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9/27/2020
Donald Trump's "1776 Commission" for "Patriotic Education"
by HNN Staff
A compilation of HNN coverage of Donald Trump's call for a "1776 Commission" to enforce the teaching of "patriotic" history.
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9/24/2020
The White House Conference on History
by HNN Staff
On September 17, Constitution Day, the White House convened a panel discussion of the importance of history to the nation, devoting strong criticism to recent trends emphasizing the importance of racism to the founding and development of the nation.
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6/24/19
Pop Culture and History
Articles, tweets, and more content related to historical pop culture.
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1/17/19
Martin Luther King Day: What Historians Are Saying
What historians are saying about Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Twitter, and other related news.
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2/15/19
UPDATED: What Historians Are Saying About Trump's National Emergency and Press Conference
A curated collection of Tweets and articles from across the web.
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6/19/18
Juneteenth
What it is and why it's celebrated.
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4-21-16
HNN Hot Topic: Harriet Tubman Replacing Jackson on the Twenty Dollar Bill
An index to relevant stories on the web.
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HNN Hot Topic: Nelson Mandela
Articles published on HNN about Nelson Mandela: His life and legacy.
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HNN Hot Topics: Gettysburg Address
Web commentary on the sesquicentennial of the most celebrated speech in American history.
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HNN Hot Topics: John F. Kennedy
The best of web commentary on the legacy of the thirty-fifth president.
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HNN Hot Topics: Government Shutdowns
The best of web commentary on the government shutdown.
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Hot Topics: Syria
The best of web commentary on the Syrian crisis.
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7-1-13
The Battle of Gettysburg at 150
by David Austin Walsh
Hancock at Gettysburg by Thure de Thulstrup. Credit: Wiki Commons.The Battle of Gettysburg marks its 150th anniversary this week (so does the Union victory at the siege of Vicksburg, but good luck seeing anything about that in the media).To mark the occasion, we've assembled a list of resources -- digital collections, books, and news stories -- about the battle and the Civil War that are worth closer examination.And of course, please share your favorite Civil War books in the comments! We're pretty well read here at HNN, but considering that the amount of works published on the Civil War easily numbers in the tens of thousands, we certainly haven't read (or even heard of) them all!Digital Resources
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HNN Hot Topics: MOOCs
Image via Shutterstock/Flickr.NewsCoursera contract with UT system released; history chair says no MOOCs at Knoxville this fall (6-3-13)Historians at MOOC partner schools say faculty not consulted (5-30-13)San Jose State professors fire back at online class offer (5-25-13)Profs get ready for tens of thousands of students in online courses (1-14-13)Commentary
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HNN Hot Topics: Terrorism
What historians have to say about the history of terrorism.
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Pope Francis
News Priest 'not denounced' by pope (3-20-13) Slum Priests: Pope Francis's Early Years (3-20-13) Francis and Argentina's "disappeared" (3-14-13) Did Pope Francis collaborate with the Argentine junta? (3-13-13) Why the new pope's name matters (3-12-13) Commentary: Historians
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HNN Hot Topics: The Iraq War
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian L. Wickliffe.News10 years later, an anniversary many Iraqis would prefer to ignore (3-19-13)PollsPOLL: Has the Media Been Open Enough About Its Role in the Iraq War?Poll: Iraq War not worth it (3-17-13)Iraq: The spies who fooled the world (3-17-13)Commentary
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HNN Hot Topics: Hugo Chavez, 1954-2013
News Hugo Chávez of Venezuela dies (3-5-13) Commentary: Historians Greg Grandin: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez (3-5-13) Commentary: Media Mac Margolis: Hugo Chávez’s House of Cards (3-7-13 Tariq Ali: Hugo Chávez and Me (3-6-13)Francisco Toro: What Fidel Taught Hugo (3-5-13) Past Controversies: South of the Border
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HNN Hot Topics: The Howard Zinn Debate
Howard Zinn speaking out against the Iraq War in 2004. Credit: Wiki Commons. For the Prosecution: