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The Bitter Origins of the Fight Over Big Government

What the battle between Herbert Hoover and FDR can teach us.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Atlantic on January 31, 2019

Foreign Interference in US Elections Dates Back Decades

2016 was not the first election in which a foreign power tried to interfere – Nazis and Soviets tried it too.

by Bradley W. Hart via The Conversation on January 22, 2019

Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson Was Very Nazi

A new biography of the architect shows why it’s hard to ignore the authoritarian characteristics of some of his most celebrated work.

by Armin Rosen via Tablet on December 5, 2018

How Americans Described Evil Before Hitler

Commentators compared the Nazi leader to Napoleon, Philip of Macedon, and Nebuchadnezzar.

by Gavriel Rosenfeld via The Atlantic on October 9, 2018

The Suffocation of Democracy

Trump is not Hitler and Trumpism is not Nazism. Still, we are witnessing a story that's unlikely to have a happy ending.

by Christopher R. Browning via New York Review of Books on October 5, 2018

Why It’s Fair to Compare the Detention of Migrants to Concentration Camps

Not every concentration camp is Auschwitz. The term is much older.

by Jonathan M. Katz via Slate on June 20, 2018

The Real Refugees of Casablanca

When it came to gathering refugees, the waiting room of the US consulate was probably the closest thing to Rick’s Café Américain.

by Meredith Hindley via Longreads on November 23, 2017

The Hollywood Darling Who Tanked His Career to Combat Anti-Semitism

The life and political commitments of screenwriter Ben Hecht.

by Edward D. White via The Paris Review on November 3, 2017

What America Taught the Nazis

In the 1930s, the Germans were fascinated by the global leader in legal racism—the United States.

by Ira Katznelson via The Atlantic on October 5, 2017

Bottles of Fanta with German labels.

Coca-Cola Collaborated with the Nazis in the 1930s, and Fanta is the Proof

The not-so-sweet history.

by Josh O’Connor via Timeline on August 2, 2017

Hindenburg exploding

America’s Love Affair With the Hindenburg

Before the German zeppelin met its fiery demise, it was an object of fascination for U.S. radio listeners.

by Michael J. Socolow via Slate on May 5, 2017

America’s Dangerously Shallow Understanding of the Holocaust

It’s treated as an all-purpose symbol of evil, not a series of historical events to be reckoned with.

by Andrea Pitzer via Vox on May 4, 2017

A Twitter Tribute to Holocaust Victims

A conversation with the creator of a new social-media project that commemorates refugees the United States turned away in 1939.

by Russel Neiss, Candice Norwood via The Atlantic on January 27, 2017

How American's Rejection of Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany Haunts Our Refugee Policy Today

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it's important to remember why America welcomes refugees.

by Dara Lind via Vox on January 27, 2017

The Weimar Analogy

Comparing Trump's America to fascist Germany only fuels elites' antidemocratic fantasies.

by Daniel Bessner, Udi Greenberg via Jacobin on December 17, 2016

What Americans Thought of Jewish Refugees on the Eve of World War II

On the eve of World War 2, most Americans opposed granting asylum to Jewish refugees fleeing Hitler.

by Ishaan Tharoor via Washington Post on November 17, 2015

History’s True Warning

How our misunderstanding of the Holocaust offers moral cover for the geopolitical disasters of our time.

by Timothy Snyder via Slate on September 23, 2015

The Dark Legacy of Henry Ford’s Anti-Semitism

The Dearborn Independent, a newspaper Ford owned, regularly supported and spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

by A. James Rudin via Washington Post on October 10, 2014

Why Would Anyone Collect Nazi?

Neo-Nazis aren't the only ones collecting Nazi memorabilia.

by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on June 23, 2011

Billy Wilder walking down a street, holding a cigarette.

Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past

How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.

by Ben Schwartz via The Nation on August 18, 2025

Lighter falling onto a pile of books.

What If History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?

We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.

by David W. Blight via The New Republic on August 7, 2025

What If It Is Happening Here?

Lessons from the anti-fascist novel in Trump’s second term.

by David Renton via Literary Hub on May 12, 2025

Donald Trump at Lancaster Airport on November 3, 2024, in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

This Is America

Donald Trump’s authoritarian second term has led critics to describe him as a fascist in the mold of Adolf Hitler.

by Daniel Bessner via Jacobin on March 27, 2025

A padlock around the Pentagon.

The Left-Wing Origins of ‘Deep State’ Theory

Those who wish to restore democratic rule, regardless of political orientation, must take it seriously.

by Christian Parenti via Compact on February 28, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump looks at an executive order in the Oval Office.

Are Trump's Actions 'Unprecedented'? Here's What Seven Historians Say

Trump's second administration is 'unprecedented' to some, but historians find parallels in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany, and Latin American dictatorship.

by Miles Klee via Rolling Stone on February 22, 2025

Meeting of delegates to approve the Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 1945.

Origins of the UN: The US and USSR

The genesis of the United Nations came from the nations united as Allies against the Axis powers, but who really pushed the institution into being?

by Stephen Wertheim, Matthew Wills, Geoffrey Roberts via JSTOR Daily on February 9, 2025

Trump's airplane in Greenland.

Why Trump Wants Greenland—And Why He Probably Won't Get It

He's not the first to set his sights on the island.

by James Patton Rogers, Caroline Kennedy-Pipe via Made By History on January 23, 2025

Frances Perkins

How the First ‘Madam Secretary’ Fought to Save Jewish Refugees Fleeing From Nazi Germany

Frances Perkins’ challenged the United States’ restrictive immigration policies as FDR’s Secretary of Labor.

by Sara Georgini, Rebecca Brenner Graham via Smithsonian on January 21, 2025

Person using a magnifying glass to examine aerial photographs of naval vessels.

When America’s Top Spies Were Academics and Librarians

How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century.

by Greg Barnhisel via The New Republic on January 16, 2025

History Teaches …

On being defeated.

by Felicia Kornbluh via The American Prospect on November 7, 2024

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