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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. 

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.

Pop Culture and History

 Articles, tweets, and more content related to historical pop culture.

Martin Luther King Day: What Historians Are Saying

What historians are saying about Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Twitter, and other related news.

UPDATED: What Historians Are Saying About Trump's National Emergency and Press Conference

A curated collection of Tweets and articles from across the web. 

Juneteenth

What it is and why it's celebrated.

HNN Hot Topic: Harriet Tubman Replacing Jackson on the Twenty Dollar Bill

An index to relevant stories on the web. 

HNN Hot Topic: Nelson Mandela

Articles published on HNN about Nelson Mandela:  His life and legacy. 

HNN Hot Topics: Gettysburg Address

Web commentary on the sesquicentennial of the most celebrated speech in American history.

HNN Hot Topics: John F. Kennedy

The best of web commentary on the legacy of the thirty-fifth president.

HNN Hot Topics: Government Shutdowns

The best of web commentary on the government shutdown.

Hot Topics: Syria

The best of web commentary on the Syrian crisis.

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

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

HNN Hot Topics: Terrorism

What historians have to say about the history of terrorism.

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

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

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

HNN Hot Topics: The Howard Zinn Debate

Howard Zinn speaking out against the Iraq War in 2004. Credit: Wiki Commons. For the Prosecution:

Is "Lincoln" the Movie Historically Accurate?

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