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How Robert Bork’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
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November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How Robert Bork’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord
How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The past and present of counterfactual history, from antiquity to the Napoleonic Wars to a few very active subreddits. www.hnn.us/article/coun...
So Ductile Is History in the Hands of Man!
The past and present of counterfactual history, from antiquity to the Napoleonic Wars to a few very active subreddits.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The past and present of counterfactual history, from antiquity to the Napoleonic Wars to a few very active subreddits. www.hnn.us/article/coun...
In public schools around the country, conservatives are succeeding in their long effort to replace the word “democracy” with “constitutional republic.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
A Republic, if They Can Force It
In public schools around the country, conservatives are succeeding in their long effort to replace the word “democracy” with “constitutional republic.”
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November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In public schools around the country, conservatives are succeeding in their long effort to replace the word “democracy” with “constitutional republic.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
“Back in the days when only aristocrats and spiritual leaders could hold political and cultural authority, there was no pride in claiming to be self-made.” www.hnn.us/article/self...
The Men Who Made America’s Self-Made Man
A new myth appeared during the presidential campaign of Andrew Jackson.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“Back in the days when only aristocrats and spiritual leaders could hold political and cultural authority, there was no pride in claiming to be self-made.” www.hnn.us/article/self...
Stephen Miller’s posts were like reading “Slouching Towards Gomorrah” all over again, only now the channeled Bork was writing from the perch of authoritarian power. www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Stephen Miller’s posts were like reading “Slouching Towards Gomorrah” all over again, only now the channeled Bork was writing from the perch of authoritarian power. www.hnn.us/article/hist...
How Robert Bork’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
www.hnn.us
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
How Robert Bork’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
Soon after the removal was ordered, the Seattle Girl Scout Council requested monies from the Girl Scout International Fund to help with what was euphemistically known as “evacuation” of girls in their area, one of the largest regions of forced relocation. www.hnn.us/article/intr...
Complicit in the Business of Indoctrination and Incarceration
By 1943, the Girl Scouts had a presence in every Japanese American internment camp.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Soon after the removal was ordered, the Seattle Girl Scout Council requested monies from the Girl Scout International Fund to help with what was euphemistically known as “evacuation” of girls in their area, one of the largest regions of forced relocation. www.hnn.us/article/intr...
In the aftermath of the May 1929 general election, talk of tariffs bombarded the readers of British newspapers. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Daily Grail
In the interwar period, a British media magnate set out to convince voters to stop worrying and love protectionism.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In the aftermath of the May 1929 general election, talk of tariffs bombarded the readers of British newspapers. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
“I became a conservative after reading Robert Bork’s Slouching Towards Gomorrah,” wrote an Ivy League-educated military veteran named J.D. Hamel, better known today as Vice President JD Vance. www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
www.hnn.us
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“I became a conservative after reading Robert Bork’s Slouching Towards Gomorrah,” wrote an Ivy League-educated military veteran named J.D. Hamel, better known today as Vice President JD Vance. www.hnn.us/article/hist...
“I realized upon finding these words that by choosing to read ‘Slouching Towards Gomorrah,’ I had in fact stumbled onto something of a key for unlocking the logic of the contemporary Trumpian moment.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
www.hnn.us
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“I realized upon finding these words that by choosing to read ‘Slouching Towards Gomorrah,’ I had in fact stumbled onto something of a key for unlocking the logic of the contemporary Trumpian moment.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
According to GSUSA records, by 1943, all the incarceration centers had Girl Scout troops. Giving the girl prisoners a taste of a group “typically American in concept,” the Girl Scouts played a key role in indoctrination at the incarceration camps. www.hnn.us/article/intr...
Complicit in the Business of Indoctrination and Incarceration
By 1943, the Girl Scouts had a presence in every Japanese American internment camp.
www.hnn.us
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
According to GSUSA records, by 1943, all the incarceration centers had Girl Scout troops. Giving the girl prisoners a taste of a group “typically American in concept,” the Girl Scouts played a key role in indoctrination at the incarceration camps. www.hnn.us/article/intr...
“I decided in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election to see what literature I had lying around that could provide some illumination about the MAGA movement and its return to power.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
History According to Robert Bork
How the conservative scholar’s 1996 bestseller anticipated blaming everything on “woke.”
www.hnn.us
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“I decided in the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election to see what literature I had lying around that could provide some illumination about the MAGA movement and its return to power.” www.hnn.us/article/hist...
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms. www.hnn.us/article/solv...
Solve for AI
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What the history of the pocket calculator reveals about the future of AI in classrooms. www.hnn.us/article/solv...
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
Local policing will remain the foundational axis on which DC is governed as the nation’s capital. www.hnn.us/article/gove...
Governing by Police
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Local policing will remain the foundational axis on which DC is governed as the nation’s capital. www.hnn.us/article/gove...
“He had learned from his media rivals that the appearance of having mass support was as important as actually having it.” www.hnn.us/article/the-...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“He had learned from his media rivals that the appearance of having mass support was as important as actually having it.” www.hnn.us/article/the-...
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“We have no way of knowing who was behind the personal cameras of the late 19th century, why they made nude photographs, or for whom they were intended. But even in the earlier era of professional photography, it can be dangerous to make gendered assumptions.” www.hnn.us/article/on-a...
On a Hunt for 19th-Century Erotica, We Found Lesbians
What are we to make of the sapphic love depicted in early fiction and photography?
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October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#romancelandia, this piece is coauthored by @alexandravasti.bsky.social !
“We have no way of knowing who was behind the personal cameras of the late 19th century, why they made nude photographs, or for whom they were intended. But even in the earlier era of professional photography, it can be dangerous to make gendered assumptions.” www.hnn.us/article/on-a...
On a Hunt for 19th-Century Erotica, We Found Lesbians
What are we to make of the sapphic love depicted in early fiction and photography?
www.hnn.us
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“We have no way of knowing who was behind the personal cameras of the late 19th century, why they made nude photographs, or for whom they were intended. But even in the earlier era of professional photography, it can be dangerous to make gendered assumptions.” www.hnn.us/article/on-a...
Even Caminetti’s wife, Eliza Ellington Martin, a WASP with roots stretching back to the American Revolution, after attending a Fourth of July speech he gave before they were married told a friend that it would have been better if “an American” had delivered the remarks. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America.
www.hnn.us
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Even Caminetti’s wife, Eliza Ellington Martin, a WASP with roots stretching back to the American Revolution, after attending a Fourth of July speech he gave before they were married told a friend that it would have been better if “an American” had delivered the remarks. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
“Discovering whether these texts can or should be read as representations of real 18th-century lesbian desire, and not some invention of the male gaze, requires some historical investigation.” www.hnn.us/article/on-a...
On a Hunt for 19th-Century Erotica, We Found Lesbians
What are we to make of the sapphic love depicted in early fiction and photography?
www.hnn.us
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“Discovering whether these texts can or should be read as representations of real 18th-century lesbian desire, and not some invention of the male gaze, requires some historical investigation.” www.hnn.us/article/on-a...
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
Slamming America’s Door Behind Him
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America.
www.hnn.us
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How a son of European immigrants fought to keep Indian immigrants out of America. www.hnn.us/article/slam...
Whether or not Trump and Congress take further action to overrule home rule and the District government, local policing will remain the foundational axis on which DC is governed as the nation’s capital. www.hnn.us/article/gove...
Governing by Police
The Metropolitan Police Department in DC has been an essential component of Washington politics since its founding.
www.hnn.us
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Whether or not Trump and Congress take further action to overrule home rule and the District government, local policing will remain the foundational axis on which DC is governed as the nation’s capital. www.hnn.us/article/gove...
“But even as Americans have made strides in how they remember and commemorate the civil rights struggle, police have succeeded in shifting attention away from their sophisticated repression of the movement.” www.hnn.us/article/sani...
Sanitizing the Civil Rights Movement
Contrary to the story being told in textbooks, media, and museums, the police were not neutral bystanders.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“But even as Americans have made strides in how they remember and commemorate the civil rights struggle, police have succeeded in shifting attention away from their sophisticated repression of the movement.” www.hnn.us/article/sani...
In the interwar period, a British media magnate set out to convince voters to stop worrying and love protectionism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Daily Grail
In the interwar period, a British media magnate set out to convince voters to stop worrying and love protectionism.
www.hnn.us
October 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In the interwar period, a British media magnate set out to convince voters to stop worrying and love protectionism. www.hnn.us/article/the-...