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Argument
Campus Police Are Among the Armed Heavies Cracking Down on Students
While some of the worst behavior has come from local and state police, university police have shown themselves to be just as capable of brutality.The Nation -
Book Review
Are You Sitting Up Straight? America’s Obsession with Improving Posture
In Beth Linker’s new book, she applies a disability studies lens to the history of posture.Perspectives on History -
Book Review
The Wild Blood Dynasty
What a little-known family reveals about the nation’s untamed spirit.The Atlantic -
Q&A
Reviving the Language of Empire
On revisiting the anti-imperialism of the 1960s and ’70s amid the return of left internationalism.Jewish Currents -
Comparison
No, the 2024 Election Won’t Be Anything Like 1968
The election will be a challenge for Joe Biden. But looking to the past won’t help him—or us—understand what lies ahead.The New Republic -
Comparison
Campus Protests Are Called Disruptive. So Was the Civil Rights Movement
Like student protesters today, Martin Luther King Jr. and other 1960s civil rights activists were criticized as disruptive and disorderly.Made by History -
exhibit
1968 @50
A year of turmoil at home and abroad.
From the HNN Archive
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The Leaders of Tomorrow
What happened in 1970 after Richard Nixon was told, “I doubt that there would be any problem of student demonstrations in Tennessee.” -
No Place to Make a Vote of Thanks
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The U.S. Isn’t the Main Character of This History
Researching the Sandinista Revolution from Nicaraguans’ perspective.