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Why Trump Isn't a Fascist

The storming of the Capitol on 6 January was not a coup. But American democracy is still in danger.
by Richard J. Evans via New Statesman on January 13, 2021
A man hooked up to receive shocks as part of the Milgram experiment

The Hidden Meaning of a Notorious Experiment

In Stanley Milgram's studies of obedience, people believed they were giving shocks to others. But did their compliance say much about the Nazis?
by Allison Miller via JSTOR Daily on January 7, 2021
An illustration of a kid imagining going to space.

Selling the American Space Dream

The cosmic delusions of Elon Musk and Wernher von Braun.
by David Beers via The New Republic on December 7, 2020

Trump's Touting of 'Racehorse Theory' Tied to Eugenics and Nazis Alarms Jewish Leaders

President Trump has alarmed Jewish leaders by appearing to endorse 'racehorse theory' — used by eugenicists and Nazis last century.
by Seema Mehta via Los Angeles Times on October 5, 2020
A parade of people carrying American flags and Nazi Germany flags, black and white, New York 1937.

Operation Paperclip and Nazis in America

The two decades leading up to WWII featured numerous connections between America and Nazi Germany that reveal Nazism was never simply a foreign or enemy force.
by Ben Railton via The Saturday Evening Post on September 20, 2020

The Return of American Fascism

How a legacy of violent nationalism haunts the republic in the age of Trump.
by Sarah Churchwell via New Statesman on September 2, 2020

How to Confront a Racist National History

Susan Neiman, a philosopher who studies Germany’s confrontation with its Nazi past, examines how the United States can remember slavery and segregation.
by Susan Neiman, Isaac Chotiner via The New Yorker on July 6, 2020

The Massacre That Spawned the Alt-Right

Forty years ago, a gang of Klansmen and Nazis murdered five communists in broad daylight. America has never been the same.
by Peter Keating, Shaun Assael via Politico Magazine on November 3, 2019

The Greensboro Massacre at 40

Forty years after the Greensboro Massacre, a survivor talks about that day, and why organized workers are such a threat to the powerful.
by Rosalyn Pelles, Jordan T. Camp via Boston Review on November 1, 2019

Back When American Fascism Was Bad

On the cancelling of Charles Lindbergh.
by Ed Burmila via The Baffler on July 10, 2019

White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots

A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it.
by Adam Serwer via The Atlantic on March 14, 2019

When Nazis Took Manhattan

In 1939, 20,000 American Nazis rallied in New York. It was billed as a "Pro-American" rally, but championed Hitler and fascism.
by Nellie Gilles, Sarah Kate Kramer, Joe Richman via Radio Diaries on February 20, 2019

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

How the Nazi Regime's Pink Triangle Symbol Was Repurposed for LGBTQ Pride

The symbol was born from a dark time in history.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on May 31, 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

Jewish Heroes and Nazi Monsters

The many lives of ferocious cartoonist and illustrator Arthur Szyk at a jewel of a show at the New-York Historical Society.
by J. Hoberman via Tablet on October 16, 2017

‘Who Goes Nazi’ Now?

Dorothy Thompson's 1941 paranoid 'parlor game' just as (un) useful today.
by Scott Beauchamp via The American Conservative on October 12, 2017

A Night at the Garden

Newly discovered footage of the time 20,000 American Nazis descended upon midtown Manhattan.
by Marshall Curry via Field Of Vision on October 10, 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

How American Racism Shaped Nazism

Nazi Germany has closer ties to America and its history of institutionalized racism than some may think.
by Rebecca Brenner Graham via Black Perspectives on October 5, 2017
White nationalist demonstrators use shields as they guard the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va. on Aug 12, 2017.

The ACLU's Free Speech Stance Should Be About Social Justice, Not 'Timeless' Principles

When the organization first defended Nazis, it did so for practical reasons.
by Laura Weinrib via Los Angeles Times on August 30, 2017

The Nazis Were Obsessed With Magic

What can their fascination with the supernatural teach us about life in our own post-truth times?
by Rebecca Onion, Peter Staudenmaier via Slate on August 24, 2017

A Look Back at a 1939 Pro-Nazi Rally and the Protesters Who Organized Against It

Seventy-eight years ago, protesters and white supremacists clashed outside of Madison Square Garden.
by Matt Giles via Longreads on August 14, 2017
Violence during the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.

The Battle of Charlottesville

What happened in Virginia was not the culminating battle of this conflict. It’s likely a tragic preface to more of the same.
by Jelani Cobb via The New Yorker on August 13, 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

What the Nazis Learned from America

Rigid racial codes in the early 20th century gained the admiration not only of many American elites, but also of Nazi Germany.
by Jessica Blatt via Public Books on July 6, 2017

American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund

A collection of photos of American Nazis – and the Americans who took a stand against them.
by Alan Taylor via The Atlantic on June 5, 2017

His Kampf

Richard Spencer is a troll and an icon for white supremacists. He was also my high-school classmate.
by Graeme Wood via The Atlantic on June 1, 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
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