Adolf Hitler

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.

Since its emergence in the middle of the twentieth century, the American Empire has been fueled by the search for an enemy.

How a legacy of violent nationalism haunts the republic in the age of Trump.

Using the word incorrectly oversimplifies history—and won't help us address our current political crisis.

And the lone forecaster who predicted its deadly path.

Americans of the interwar period were perfectly clear about one fact we have lost sight of today: all fascism is indigenous, by definition.

Watching fake news spread in 1942.

Comparison to Nazism and fascism distracts us from how we made Trump over decades.

One of the world's first mass deportations, bureaucratically managed and large-scale, took place on American soil.

Two copies of the first-person account were tucked away, largely untouched until after his death. Now, his family is sharing his story.

On Daniel Okrent's "The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America."

Why the Jim Crow-era debate between the African-American leader and a ridiculous, Nazi-loving racist isn’t as famous as Lincoln-Douglas.

On the cancelling of Charles Lindbergh.

For centuries, literalist interpretations of the Book of Genesis have fueled scientific racism and white supremacy.

A review of Robert Dallek's book, "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life."

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

Reflections on live-tweeting the Great War.

If you think the First World War began senselessly, consider how it ended.

World War I exposed the world to the horror of gas attacks. But why do we draw the line there when other methods of killing prove so much more effective?

The symbol was born from a dark time in history.