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Back to SearchDo We Need Heroes? Max Hastings on Winston Churchill
Young activists in the U.K. do not view Winston Churchill as a hero. Older generations revere Churchill as the greatest Englishman of the 20th centur…
4 years, 5 months ago
Let's Rank the Presidents! Part 2
This is the second episode in a two-part series, Let's Rank the Presidents! Part one covered the most successful presidents in U.S. history. This epi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Let's Rank the Presidents! Part 1
This is the first episode in a two-part series, Let's Rank the Presidents! Part one covers the most successful presidents in U.S. history.
What makes…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Tyranny of the Minority
Is majoritarian rule -- the bedrock of democracy -- in trouble? In this episode, Princeton historian Sean Wilentz discusses the tension between the i…
4 years, 5 months ago
Pearl Harbor, 80 Years On
The Japanese attack on U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor 80 years ago, the date which will live in infamy in the stirring oratory of President Franklin Roo…
4 years, 5 months ago
Misunderstanding Slavery: The 1619 Project's Egregious Errors
Amid a national debate over history curricula and the importance of racism and slavery in shaping the American past, The 1619 Project has returned in…
4 years, 6 months ago
Putin's Gamble: Russia and Ukraine
The massing of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border is raising the specter of war between two countries that share a complex history of ethnic, lin…
4 years, 6 months ago
Myths of the First Thanksgiving
Is there an American origin story than evokes more good feelings than the first Thanksgiving? Pilgrims and Indians, having survived a harsh winter, s…
4 years, 6 months ago
Xi Jinping Forever
The Chinese Communist Party elevated president Xi Jinping into the pantheon of revered leaders, alongside Deng and Mao. This means the autocratic Xi …
4 years, 6 months ago
King George Was Not Mad
In the American origin story, King George plays the role of the villain. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson accuses the monarch of …
4 years, 6 months ago