Though the International Criminal Court is relatively new (dating to 2002), the US’s tortured relationship to international courts is anything but—which means I get to keep recycling this piece from a couple of years ago.

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From the archive: “If drugs can be used to humanely end life in other contexts, why is it so difficult in the death penalty context? The answer is one of the best-kept secrets of the killing state: lethal injection is not based on science.” www.hnn.us/article/leth...

Want a fuller preview? Our friends at @myhnn.bsky.social posted an excerpt yesterday - the amazing, inspiring story of Salaria Kee. tinyurl.com/duttwh5k #HumanRights #ReadUP

Read an excerpt from @juliaharte.bsky.social’s “Americans Without Borders: The Radical Activists Who Fought for U.S. Ideals Abroad While Facing Political Persecution at Home.” www.hnn.us/article/we-c...

As judges have increasingly turned to historical evidence, however, public debate has also come to treat originalism and the broader judicial use of historical context as though they were synonymous.

They are not. www.hnn.us/article/how-...

Read our latest feature by @asalvati.bsky.social. www.hnn.us/article/the-...

Tom Hanks’ recent TV series slots into a long history of domesticating the horrors of the “Good War.” www.hnn.us/article/the-...

My take on Tom Hanks and the continuing domestication of WW2 has been published by the History News Network. Check it out!

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“For all his celebration of ordinary people, Wood hardly ever let them speak in his books. Instead, he focused on elites: what they believed, how they argued, what frightened them, whom they befriended, how the outcome disappointed them.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...

Charting the evolution of the history podcast from 2004–2026. www.bunkhistory.org/resources/a-...

“Wood made the Constitution thin in its words and thinner still in its power. In doing so, he was tapping into a long intellectual tradition.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...

Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts were in the face of pressures from below. www.hnn.us/article/a-re...

"AI flattens the historical record by relying on the most popular sources, eliminating minority voices"

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When Julius Caesar became the first living Roman to be featured on coins, the meaning of liberty, coopted and contested, proved a key element in the conflicts that dissolved the Republic and led to the rise of Empire. www.hnn.us/article/regi...

This jarring combination of image and text has direct parallels to numismatic messaging from the end of the Roman Republic. www.hnn.us/article/regi...

The contrast between a clear symbol of autocratic rule — the stern-faced Trump — and the message of personal freedom — “Liberty” — shows a disconnect between the ideals of the U.S. founders and the concerted effort of the current administration to redefine national values. www.hnn.us/article/regi...

How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court -
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/how-...

No matter how you refine your questions, the chatbot will generate responses reflecting what the greatest number of users are likely to want to hear, which tends to be close to what they think they already know." A great, painstaking piece.

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Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources.
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On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...