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Wednesday 7 January 2015

The 2015 AHA Annual Meeting: Videos, News, Everything

by Rick Shenkman
If you want to know what happened at the AHA this year, this is the place.

Quotes: What Historians Are Saying About the Controversy at the AHA About Israel

Quotes that have appeared in media and blogger accounts.

The Nuclear Disaster You Never Heard of

by John Howard
How the United States whitewashed (literally) a nuclear accident in Spain that still hasn’t been cleaned up

The North’s Shameful Refusal to Face Its Own Tangled Racial Past

by Jason Sokol
What we should learn from Senator Abraham Ribicoff’s failed attempt.

Why Historians Need to Refocus on the Importance of Emotion in History, Starting with Shame

by Peter Stearns
Historians have to catch up with social scientists.

Nixon’s Righthand Man Makes Amends – Or Tries to

by Diana Klebanow
Dean has worked very hard to erase the image of him as a villain, but it remains to be seen whether he really should be regarded as a hero.

Ten Questions for Conservatives

by Lawrence S. Wittner
The questions suggest conservatives say one thing but do another.

This Is Why We Should Remember the Battle of Okinawa

by Ota Masahide
The Battle of Okinawa was distinct from all other battles in the Pacific War in that it was fought in one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, with the majority of the resident civilian population still present.

Theodore Roosevelt’s Biggest Mistake

by Harry Lembeck
A century on, his decision to discharge black troops in the Brownsville case singes his legacy.

The Big Top and the One Ring Circus Live On

by Bruce Chadwick
The Big Apple Circus has become an historical icon in American entertainment as one of the most successful circuses in the country and a trailblazer as a one ring show.

Roundup Top 10!

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.