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The Worst 1st Year of Foreign Policy Ever by Melvyn P. Leffler Most presidents struggle in their first year as commander in chief. But Donald Trump got tired of winning before he started. Mark Lilla Is Getting Identity Politics All Wrong by Joshua Zeitz Appealing to voters' tribal instincts is a time-honored American tradition. Because it works. The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee by Eric Foner Whatever the fate of his statues and memorials, so long as the legacy of slavery continues to bedevil American society, it seems unlikely that historians will return Lee, metaphorically speaking, to his pedestal. America Wasn't Built for Humans by Andrew Sullivan Tribalism was an urge our Founding Fathers assumed we could overcome. And so it has become our greatest vulnerability. James Burnham mutated from firebrand revolutionary to National Review co-editor by Alan Wald Today he is getting a second life all over the conservative press. All-or-nothing politics belittles us all by Jonathan Zimmerman Its hallmarks are the complete denigration of your foes and a refusal to give any ground even when confronted by facts that don't fit your point of view. Is Diversity Tearing the United States Apart? by Victor Davis Hanson If America's set of values becomes a pick-and-choose potpourri, there is no unity. And then America will certainly become yet another one of history's casualties of diversity. The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut by Rashid Khalidi Washington had explicitly guaranteed their safety—and recently declassified documents reveal that US diplomats were told by the Israelis what they and their allies might be up to. How the Vietnam War Broke the American Presidency by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick The war opened the credibility gap. What we've learned since has only widened it. You Might Like Note from HNN Editor: HNN is not responsible for the content of these ads. 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Irwin Immigration and rapid industrialization—not tariffs—made the 19th-century economy great. The Story Behind the Truman Quote in President Trump's U.N. Speech Though Trump used Truman's words to make a nationalism-friendly case that the organization benefits when individual member states look out for themselves, he hasn't always been supportive of the United Nations. As Trump Declares Missing in Action Recognition Day, How Many Service Members Are Missing? More than 80,000 U.S. military members remain missing in action, according to the Department of Defense's POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), which formed in 2015 following the merger of previous departmental efforts to do such accounting. The 'nation's report card' says it assesses critical thinking in history But NAEP gets an F on that score says Sam Wineburg. A 'Quest for Justice' for Murdered Civil Rights Pioneer, 52 Years Later Who killed Alberta Jones, Louisville's first black prosecutor, in 1965? Prodded by a professor, the police are trying again to find out. Under Trump, Most Americans Lack Basic Knowledge to Understand Current Events, Study Finds Only about a quarter (26 percent) of Americans can successfully name all three branches of government, with one-third of respondents unable to name a single branch, 27 percent who knew one branch and 13 percent who knew two. Short film reveals the terrible history of No Irish Need Apply A collage of newspaper ads showcases the evidence that the Irish faced discrimination in the 19th century. What Happens When an Entire Campus Is Rooted in the Confederacy? That's the question facing administrators as students return to campus across the South. You Might Like Note from HNN Editor: HNN is not responsible for the content of these ads.

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