| Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN!  by Alan J. Singer Not long ago, history textbooks were written as patriotic fables. Examining one offers a warning about the cost of putting mythmaking ahead of historical learning. |
 by Chip Jones What Virginia doctors saw as a triumphant achievement was a devastating indictment of medical racism and institutional disregard for the dignity of a Black man and his family. |
 by Guy Lancaster Historian Guy Lancaster found a letter of praise from his Congressman tough to take in light of the elected representative's disregard for racial justice. | Videos of the Week  by The New Yorker Hinton's work as a cinematographer and filmmaker achieved a similar balance between taking in the grander sweep of history and considering the nature, appearance, manner, and presence of the individual people making it. |
 by Katie Hemphill Historian Katie Hemphill's recent crash course in video editing for Zoom teaching let her fulfill a longtime goal: set the bawdiest Civil War letters she found in her research to the stirring sounds of documentary music. Content Warning: Cuss Words. | Today's News Headlines - Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were Misrepresented - Early surge of Democratic mail voting sparks worry inside GOP - Seven former FDA commissioners accuse Trump administration of undermining the agency Breaking News Stay Up to Date! You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple: Go Here! What follows is a streamlined list of stories. To see the full list: Go Here!
 While advocates see reinterrment at the National Mausoleum as a recognition of gay contributors to French literary history, some opponents suggest the iconoclastic poets would have rejected any such honor. |
 Stephen Wertheim questions whether politicians will heed the overwhelming public desire to scale back military intervention and get the Pentagon's spending under control. |
 The conduct of the Trump administration shows a long trend of increased presidential power must be stopped. |
 As one of the first women to forge a successful career as a painter, Artemisia was celebrated internationally in her lifetime, but her reputation languished after her death. |
 "Art shouldn't be polite. Guston's work puts you into a headlock and forces you to stare into the face of evil, rearranging your sense of reality into a better one – and that's what art needs to do more than ever." |
 Presidents throughout American history have strategized to influence the timing of justices' exits to suit various White House priorities. |
 Former UN Ambassador Samantha Power reviews Susan Glasser and Peter Baker's new biography of Republican Party stalwart James Baker III. |
 Governing boards of public university systems have become partisan battlegrounds, putting politics ahead of academics on campus. |
 Massimo Faggioli, a church historian and theologian at Villanova University, a Catholic school, studies these lay-led movements — also called "renewal" groups — that began popping up since Vatican II. While some are a source of spiritual energy, they may also reflect militance and untransparent leadership. |
 "I'm learning a lot of this embarrassingly late in the game," Mr. Levy said during the first discussion. "But ultimately these stories are crucial to the identity of our country." | 
History and Historians in the News Stay Up to Date! You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple: Go Here! What follows is a streamlined list of stories. To see the full list: Go Here!  A new book addresses the glaring oversight of sexual assault and abuse of women as an aspect of war and conflict. |
 Washington and Lee University offered a strong defense of its faculty when they were vilified in right-wing media and received threats and online abuse. |
 Leading academic scholars suggest parallels from American and world history for the present situation. |
 Historian Adam Domby comments on pressures faced by many golf courses in the South to change their names to remove Confederate associations (he's in favor). |
 "Historians have different views on taking down statues," said Gregory Downs, a professor at the University of California, Davis, and one of the organizers. "But that debate doesn't really capture what historians do, which is to bring more history." |
 Historian Keisha Blain joins "On Point" to discuss the decision not to charge most of the police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor during a botched search warrant at her residence. |
 As primary education has gone remote for another term, women professors with children argue that uneven distribution of domestic labor means their scholarly work is at a disadvantage compared to male and childless colleagues. ""I don't need a clock extension," Dr. Magdalena Osburn said. "I need an acknowledgment that this year is trash." |
 Governments have recently addressed the problem of memorializing the Confederacy on public land. Why should monuments in cemeteries like Arlington or on Civil War battlefields be treated differently? |
 Indigenous groups in the Southwest are imbuing their activism this year with commemorations of the 340-year-old Pueblo Revolt, one of Spain's bloodiest defeats in its colonial empire. |
 Ken Burns's Civil War documentary series sparked tremendous interest in history, but the series has a big Shelby Foote problem. | Browsing: News from Around the Internet
 This week, the first debate between Trump and Biden heats up the campaign. |
 The report, based on Trump's leaked tax records, indicates that he routinely used business losses to avoid taxes, but also has significant mortgage debts due in the near future. |
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