Rethinking the job of history — and the American Historical Association — after the veto of the Gaza “scholasticide” ...

If a historian of the United States entered the public square in the 1960s or 1970s, it was often for reason of radical commitments. Eugene Genovese became a lightning rod after offering his “welcome” ...

Mr. Ellwood is Associate Professor in International History, University of Bologna and Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Bologna Center. Anti-Americanism as a cultural and ...

Ms. Klinghoffer is senior associate scholar at the Political Science department at Rutgers University, Camden, and the author of Vietnam, Jews and the Middle East. She is also an HNN blogger. Click ...

Mr. Bates graduated from San Francisco State University in May 2004. He is an HNN intern. 1. Why do reformers propose abolishing the Electoral College? Reformers argue that the Electoral College ...

Mr. Leonard is a freelance journalist and regular contributor to hnn.us. He also writes a weekly column for New York University's “Washington Square News.” His writings can be found at ...

In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for executions to start again in Missouri when it refused to hear the Missouri lethal injection case, Clemons v. Crawford. In response, Missouri's ...

Mr. Lemisch is Professor of History Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, BA Yale 1957; PhD 1963. He can be reached at: [email protected]; 890 West End ...

Mr. Luker, an Atlanta historian, is the author of The Social Gospel in Black and White: American Racial Reform, 1885-1912 and co-editor of the first two volumes of The Papers of Martin Luther King. He ...

The History News Network (HNN) (http://HNN.us) was created in June 2001 and features articles by historians about current events. The website is the brainchild of ...

The National Security Strategy (NSS) report was born out of the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, the fourth major post-World War II reorganization of the U.S. Defense Department. It is one of more than ...