IS HISTORY SET TO REPEAT?The War that Showed How an Underdog Can Beat RussiaVladimir Putin needs a history lesson if he thinks his tactics against Ukraine will automatically result in victory.Erika Harlitz-Kern
SHOCKSPlagues Can Shift Power Between the Haves and the Have-NotsFrom the Black Death to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, major outbreaks have changed society’s power dynamics. What those changes will lead to will only be made clear to us in hindsight.AD BY THE DAILY BEAST
WHAT’S IN A NAMEAcademics War Over Racist Roots of ‘Anglo-Saxon’ StudiesMedieval scholars are duking it out over the term “Anglo-Saxon” and its historical links to insidious ideas about white superiority.Erika Harlitz-Kern
WEAPONIZING HISTORYWhat the Alt-Right Gets Wrong About the VikingsViking Age Scandinavians were immigrants who traded with the Muslim world and embraced gender fluidity—everything the alt-right despises.Erika Harlitz-Kern
THE RISE OF FASCISMThe Day That Obsessed Adolf HitlerOne hundred years ago this summer, an event at the end of WWI fueled Hitler’s grievances—and fired his bellicose political philosophy.Erika Harlitz-Kern
opinionREBUILDGive Notre Dame a Modern Roof the Alt-Right Will HateMedieval Europe was a crossroads of global influence, not a mythical all-white past. The new Notre Dame should reflect that.Erika Harlitz-Kern
