History As It Happens: Vaccine mandates -- and resistance -- are the norm
Beginning with General Washington's requirement to inoculate the Continental Army against smallpox, vaccine mandates have been the norm -- because they work.
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History As It Happens: The Supremes
Critics are accusing the Supreme Court of excessive partisanship and ideological rigidity. The court "has always been ideological," says one expert.
History As It Happens: The hubris of post-9/11 foreign policy
The Global War on Terror produced a string of intractable calamities, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives and costing U.S. taxpayers trillions of dollars. It is a story of colossal failure with tragic consequences.
History As It Happens: Afghanistan and the law of unintended consequences
The U.S., working with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, helped turn Afghanistan into a cradle of international jihadism four decades ago, a decision that continues to haunt Washington to this day.
History As It Happens: Forever war, but no peace movement
Formidable peace movements used to challenge U.S. interventionism, from World War I to Vietnam. So why has antiwar activism almost disappeared at a time of permanent war?
History As It Happens: Here comes Labor Day. Where are the unions?
A labor historian explains why union membership has dramatically declined, as income inequality worsens and global behemoths fight attempts at organizing.
History As It Happens: Understanding Jefferson
The confounding founder's complicated legacy continues to command our attention. Why Thomas Jefferson remains as relevant as ever.
History As It Happens: Arab Spring, 10 years on
The uprisings that rippled across the Greater Middle East in 2011 did not lead to fundamental change, but the story is not over yet.
History As It Happens: Embracing defeat
The chaos in Afghanistan is an opportunity to question the fundamental assumptions underlying U.S. interventionism after decades of "forever war."
History As It Happens: Charlottesville says goodbye to the Confederacy
Four summers after white nationalists and neo-Nazis marched on Charlottesville, the Confederate statues that they sought to defend were quietly removed. Is this racial progress?
History As It Happens: Orban's allure
How Hungary's authoritarian ruler uses and misuses history to stay in power.
History As It Happens: Reconsidering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Seventy-six years ago the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two Japanese cities. Was there another way to end the war?
History As It Happens: Why our COVID nightmare continues
Vaccine aversion, political fanaticism, scientific ignorance, and complacency are causing hospitals to be overwhelmed again.
History As It Happens: Biden, Cuba and the burden of history
Historic protests in Cuba refocused attention on a relationship that once consumed Cold Warriors on both sides of the ideological spectrum. The Cold War is long over, but little has changed.
History As It Happens: Are we reliving the 1850s?
The violent decade before the Civil War can teach us something about the perils of endless political polarization.
History As It Happens: Religion and the American Revolution
The revolution's impact on religion is more complicated than we think.
History As It Happens: Understanding populism
Populism is a slippery term that eludes easy definition, even in this populist moment in American politics and culture.
History As It Happens: Vietnam redux
ANALYSIS/OPINION: History repeats itself in Afghanistan as the hard lessons of Vietnam go unheeded.
History As It Happens: Remembering the violence of the American Revolution
ANALYSIS/OPINION: Fourth of July celebrations and our common memory of the Revolutionary War obscure the viciousness, misery and divisions in the fight for independence.
History As It Happens: Mao's shadow as Chinese Communist Party reaches 100-year mark
China's leaders and the nation's youth are picking and choosing from Mao's legacy as they look to the future.
