If a historian of the United States entered the public square in the 1960s or 1970s, it was often for reason of radical commitments. Eugene Genovese became a lightning rod after offering his “welcome” ...

Barbara Weinstein is professor of Latin American History at NYU. In 2007, she served as president of the American Historical Association. Her books include The Amazon Rubber Boom, 1850-1920, and The ...

Mr. Jaschik is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed, where this piece first appeared. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, ...

Mr. Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government & the Press at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The article is derived from his recently published book, The Vanishing ...

John Willingham is a former election official in Texas. He now writes about history, culture, and election issues. He holds an MA in American history from the University of Texas at Austin. The last ...

Mr. Cullen teaches at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York and is the author of Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition among other books. He blogs at American ...

Mr. Ellwood is Associate Professor in International History, University of Bologna and Professorial Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Bologna Center. Anti-Americanism as a cultural and ...

Mr. Lambers is the author of Ending World Hunger: School Lunches for Kids Around the World and the forthcoming title The Roadmap to End Global Hunger. It was in November, 1945 that the Cincinnati ...

Mr. Cline is Associate Professor of Classics (Ancient History) and Archaeology, and Chair, Department of Classical and Semitic Languages and Literatures at George Washington University. He is the ...

Mr. Strobridge is a retired public utility manager and one of the founders of the Order of Minor Historians, a group of history buffs. He is working on a biography of James H. Strobridge, ...

Jonathan Israel is Professor of History at the Institute for Advanced Study. His latest book is "A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy" ...