• Elisabeth Israels Perry (1939–2018)

  In Memoriam

  David Perry | May 20, 2019

  Elisabeth Israels Perry, a feminist political historian, died on November 11, 2018.
• Rewarding Risk

  From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

  Kathleen Day | Apr 3, 2019

  Deposit insurance was meant to stop bank runs. But by generating unwarranted confidence in the banking system, it creates danger.
• Prosecuting Torture

  From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

  W. Fitzhugh Brundage | Mar 20, 2019

  Intended to enable the prosecution of torturers, the legislation ended up as sand in the gears of the War on Terror.
• Samuel T. McSeveney (1930–2017)

  In Memoriam

  Paul K. Conkin | Nov 1, 2018

  Samuel T. McSeveney, professor of history emeritus at Vanderbilt University, died on August 5, 2017.

Most Recent

• Declassification Woes

  Seth Denbo | Sep 19, 2018

  Historians criticize the Department of Defense for its slow and incomplete declassification of historically significant documents.
• Request Denied

  Seth Denbo | Aug 27, 2018

  Interference by political appointees may imperil the future of the Historical Advisory Committee.
• RIP to the Liberal Order

  Suzy Kim | Aug 13, 2018

  Misgivings about the end of the liberal order following the US-North Korea summit ignore the US historical record.
• Rules of Trade

  Dane Kennedy | Jul 20, 2018

  President Trump calls international trade rules “unfair” to the United States. Do historians agree?
• Digging through the Hillary Clinton Email Archive

  Max Kemman | Jun 7, 2018

  Students in Max Kemman's digital history course use Voyant Tools to analyze the Hillary Clinton Email Archive.

 

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