Roundup Top 10!

What About the‘Lost Children’ (and Mothers) of America? by Rheann Kelly, Natalie Medley and Christina Kovats It’s time for their voices to be heard.

The Civil War Never Stopped Being Fought in America’s Classrooms by Arica L. Coleman Here’s why that matters.

Grading President Trump by Julian E. Zelizer While he gets high marks for using his executive power to enact policy changes, by most measures, he is not doing well.

How does an authoritarian regime like Russia celebrate a revolution? by Cynthia Hooper “And what, exactly, is there to be celebrating?” snapped Vladimir Putin’s press secretary on Oct. 25.

Putin’s Russia: Revolution, What Revolution? by Anastasia Edel Today, the official birthday of the USSR, is no longer part of Russia’s holiday canon.

Leave It to the Generals by Andrew J. Bacevich A nonstrategy for Afghanistan

The forgotten civil rights case that stopped the spread of Jim Crow by Elizabeth A. Herbin-Triant How? By focusing on white property rights, not black civil rights.

A Confederate Curriculum by Jonathan Zimmerman How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

Who Saved Israel in 1947? by Martin Kramer The usual answer is Truman—but it could just as easily be Stalin. In fact, thanks to Zionist diplomacy, it was both; and therein lies a lesson for the Jewish state today.

The ugly history of the Pledge of Allegiance — and why it matters by Christopher Petrella Requiring displays of patriotism have often been tied to nativism and bigotry.