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Comment
The New Anti-Antisemitism
The response to college protests against the war on Gaza exemplifies the darkness of the Trumpocene.The American Prospect -
Book Excerpt
She Was No ‘Mammy’
Gordon Parks’s most famous photograph, "American Gothic," was of a cleaning woman in Washington, D.C. She has a story to tell.The Atlantic -
TV Review
The Problem With TV's New Holocaust Obsession
From 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' to 'We Were the Lucky Ones,' a new wave of Holocaust dramas feel surprisingly shallow.Time -
Comment
Whatever Happened to the Language of Peace?
Pope Francis is the only world leader who seems prepared to denounce war.New Statesman -
Profile
Feeling Blessed
At the Habsburg Convention in Plano.The Baffler -
Journal Article
Elephant Executions
At the height of circus animal acts in the late nineteenth century, animals who killed their captors might be publicly executed for their “crimes.”JSTOR Daily -
exhibit
1968 @50
A year of turmoil at home and abroad.
From the HNN Archive
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The Leaders of Tomorrow
What happened in 1970 after Richard Nixon was told, “I doubt that there would be any problem of student demonstrations in Tennessee.” -
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
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The U.S. Isn’t the Main Character of This History
Researching the Sandinista Revolution from Nicaraguans’ perspective.