Roundup

This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in each source note. Quotation marks are not used.

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• SOURCE: Sandbox Blog
  

  Did Sykes-Picot favor Zionism?

  by Martin Kramer

  The answer is no.

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• SOURCE: Aeon
  5-18-16
  

  The brain is not a computer

  by Robert Epstein

  Each age reinterprets the brain in terms of its prevailing technology. This is an error.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5-19-16
  

  Kennewick Man will be reburied, but quandaries around human remains won’t

  by Samuel Redman

  One of the most complete prehistoric human skeletons discovered in North America, “Kennewick Man” also became the most controversial.

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• SOURCE: Alternate
  5-20-16
  

  American Democracy Is in Crisis Mode and We're All Complicit: Here's What Needs to Happen

  by Jim Sleeper

  The crisis that has made Trump's victory a possibility isn’t about Trump. It’s about what's happening to the American people.

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• SOURCE: Mondoweiss
  5-16-16
  

  A brief history of the ‘Nakba’ in Israel

  by Eitan Bronstein Aparicio

  Why it was acknowledged at first and why it disappeared from public view in Israel -- and then suddenly made a dramatic reappearance. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-20-16
  

  If Trump Breaks Up the G.O.P., It Won’t Be a First

  by Sean Wilentz

  It’s rare, but major parties have fallen apart before, with friction over immigrants a common culprit.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Affairs
  5-19-16
  

  Two Myths About the United States and Vietnam

  by Jonathan Zimmerman

  Setting the Record Straight

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• 5-19-16
  

  Roundup Top 10!

  This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

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• 5-19-16
  

  Crazy, Fascinating & Horrifying:  Latest Edition

  Talking trees.  Founding Fathers pen names. Gay Prostitutes. Yes, and more. 

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• 5-19-16
  

  Social Media News: What Historians Are Talking About

  This week ... Manisha Sinha, Rick Perlstein, Simon Schama, Kevin Kruse and more!

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• 5-19-16
  

  Pop Culture Roundup: This Week

  This week ...  The movie that predicted Trump, the new "Roots" series, Mao, LBJ "All the Way," gay home movies, the Chinese shrine for a US pilot, and more!

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  5-16-16
  

  Trump’s success with evangelical voters isn’t surprising. It was inevitable.

  by Randall Balmer

  The religious right has a history of racism.

• 
• SOURCE: The Yale Press Log
  5-13-16
  

  Abolitionists are American Democracy’s Unsung Heroes

  by Manisha Sinha

  Abolitionists never stopped pushing at the boundaries of their society and laid the foundations of the interracial democracy we still aspire to.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  5-17-16
  

  Is Trump ‘Presidential’?

  by Wesley Morris

  Is Anyone?

• 
• SOURCE: Princeton University Press Blog
  5-11-16
  

  Story of the Week:  How Animals Have Been Used as Weapons

  by Tonio Andrade

  Before guided missiles, humans had few ways to attack their enemies remotely, so they tried using animals.

• 
• SOURCE: Salon
  5-15-16
  

  Donald Trump’s deadly strategy: His attack on government has led to riots before, and could again

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  Trump's assault on legitimacy of the system is reminiscent of themes that led to some of America's darkest hours.

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• SOURCE: Full Frontal
  5-16-17
  

  The Religious Right: A History

  by Samantha Bee

  The comedian Samantha Bee walks viewers through the religious right's takeover of the Republican Party.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5-10-16
  

  Are we ready to raise taxes on the rich?

  by Kenneth Scheme and David Stasavage

  History says no.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  5-13-16
  

  Britain should stop trying to pretend that its empire was benevolent

  by Alan Lester

  There seems to be a continuing assumption within the British establishment that it sets an example for others to follow and that the British are owed deference by others.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5-15-16
  

  Top 3 Signs Bill Clinton didn’t kill himself to “give” the Palestinians a State

  by Juan Cole

  His one-sided approach to the negotiations ensured that there would be none.